Depression: the stranger danger I didn’t expect to suffer

I don’t suffer with depression.

Not me.

Sure, I get miserable at times. But who doesn’t?

And let’s face it, over the last few years, my life has been so crap that anyone would feel depressed. But that’s not the same as being diagnosed with clinical depression, right?

So I got a shock last year, when a debt assessor visited to talk to me about why I couldn’t pay the electricity bill.

(Umm… because I haven’t got enough money. Duh! I could have told you that on the phone!)

And she looked at me and said, “I think you’re suffering from depression.”

There she was, this random stranger, telling me I need medical help. Looking at me and seeing a person who’s not normal. Excuse me?

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