Why do people say. Snap out it to depressed people?

Many, many people, especially the conservative Asians, cannot face and accept the reality of depression and mental illness as happening to their kin. They think that everything is in the state of the mind. Wrong! Mental illness is a REAL sickness that stems from and invokes depression, schizoprenia, neurasthenia and neurotic pain is very real to the patient, as doctors can testify. However, the medical awareness and knowledge of how to deal with depression is the domain of only highly skilled doctors and psychiatrists. Many doctors just give depressants like amphetamines which brings worsening effects to the patient because it just induces sleep, nothing else. The depressed soul needs to feel useful, both to himself and to society (him also refers to her) and the best cure is being helped to be active in something he/she likes and at the same time get encouragement from everyone who is a close friend or relation who can act as a confidante.

Hi there, I agree that people do not understand what you are going through if they are telling you to snap out of it. I wonder why you feel as though you are having a stroke.. Do you have panic attacks?

Having depression and being depressed are two very different things. People who are just depressed can just "snap out of it", people with depression can't. Unfortunately, not everyone knows the difference or even realize that one is there. Even with those that do know the difference, there's no way to know if a person if depressed or has depression without asking.

People who have never experienced depression don't have a clue as to what it is all about. The best way I can describe mine is feeling like you are stuck in a big bowl of Jell-O and while you can move, it's not with any amount of grace. I don't take meds for mine but I know a few people that do; I consider myself lucky that I am alive and that I have lived through my experiences. When I did see a therapist he insisted on seeing me three times a week, I guess I must have really floored him with the initial consult. I wish I could put someone in the shoes of a person that suffers from depression for a 24 hour period. Then they would be just a wee bit more careful of what they say.