My friend is depressed and is taking 3 months off of uni (but still gets the grade due to it being group work and her having a sick note) which i find incredibly stupid and unfair....she basically gets to relax everyday while i do the work for her and i can't say anything because she is ill? >.<
I don't understand being diagnosed with depression either...if someone diagnoses you with depression then that just makes you focus inwardly thinking it's you that's the problem which would just make it worse(ie. feeling sorry for yourself)..where as you could just put it down to the situation you are in or things that externally out of your control that are making your life suck. The cause being external would make you feel like it's not your fault and that your situation will get better...
Also everyone suffers from depression in some shape or form and it just seems wrong to me to place such a large excuse onto it..it's kinda like people with obesity saying they are big boned or it's in their genes where as it's most likely caused by some outside influence..If a doctor says yes it is your genes they are most likely going to give up on losing weight..
Yes, i know I'm going to be shouted at for having no sympathy...i really don't class it as an illness, it's an emotion which you need to learn to deal with. That is just my opinion(not fact) based on studying other mental disorders in psychology >.<