YOU know you're depressed. Your brain has just crashed. Perhaps it simply refused to start, like a car with a dead battery, so you gave up on the day, hoping you would be able to turn the engine over sometime in the future, whenever you were able to get yourself out of bed, assuming you could see that far ahead. But perhaps you're already in motion.
Depression is a horribly misunderstood condition.
Despite the terrible suffering it can cause, many millions fail to seek help, mistakenly viewing their affliction as personal weakness, and falsely believing they can mold their brains back into working order by sheer force of will. Many doctors still refuse to take this disorder seriously, and government funding is but a miniscule fraction of the big budget diseases that grab most of the headlines. By all means, print these out and attach them to your refrigerator. If you don't have a refrigerator, buy one. Depressed mood most of the day, nearly every day, observed in yourself or by others.