How Not To Be A Dick To Someone With Depression  When you tell
someone with depression that they should maybe try harder to be
happy, it's essentially like telling a diabetic that they could
totally make an adequate amount of insulin if they just
concentrated a little harder.  May 23, 2013 at 3:00pm | Leave a
comment  The World Health Organization estimates that 350
million people have some form of clinical depression -- that's
half of one percent of everyone on Earth. It is the leading
cause of disability worldwide. But despite its frequency and
long historical record, depression remains confusing and
alienating. It can be tough to understand what it means to have
clinical depression, and why the symptoms present the way they
do -- and therefore it can be really easy to accidentally be a
dick to your friend with depression. So here's how to avoid it.
1. Don't trust the media's depictions of depression symptoms
Take a second, close your eyes, and try to think of what a
depressed person might look like. Are th