This post does not pretend to represent a scientific analysis; it's just a conversation starter.

When @LeeLou asks how fellow Atheists deal with depression, he gets 94 comments (and counting).

When @Seeker3CO asks people to share their guiding principles, he gets 3 responses.

When @sweetcharlotte asks what depression feels like to you, she gets 3 responses.

A very, very inconclusive impression, from a very, very tiny sampling, nonetheless stirs my curiosity to ask:

Why are we so ready to tell how we respond to depression, and so reluctant to talk about the principles we live by, or how depression actually feels?

I'm not saying there are necessarily meaningful connections between these posts; I'm asking because I don't know. But there appears to be a pretty dramatic contrast.

Are we less interested, or less aware, or less willing to share or describe our inner feelings and philosophies than how we respond to depression?