I guess I am a slow learner. You would think that a 53 year old RN who have suffered from depression and anxiety for most of her life would understand a few basic facts:

1. Depression is a real illness
2. Intellectualizing it doesn't make it go away
3. Positive thinking does not cure a during a clinical depression
4. Antidepressants work for me if I take them
5. I can't be my own therapist
6. You can run, but you can't hide ( for very long )
7. Some people will never understand