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Originally Posted by Spunky
It is a chemical imbalance
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Many times it is. Sure, there are tons of people who seem to be incapable of being happy with no medical cause at all. No matter what they do, no matter what success they achieve, they are still unhappy.
But when a chemical imbalance disables you from even getting out of the bed and taking a shower, and medication DOES help, it's hard to argue that these people are in complete control of their emotions.
I have migraines. I've had them since I was 13. If I could just decide one day not to have them, I would have done that when I was 14
But there are REAL medical problems people have and chemical imbalance/clinical depression is one of them. They used to "treat" these people with lobotomies, electroshock therapy and hospitalizing them for the rest of their lives. Thank goodness the drug companies have helped where clinically depressed people no longer have to go through that.
Many time drugs are overprescribed. But they also help so many people that it would be a shame to paint a broad brush saying these people should just "be happy" and get over it.