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Tatsumi · 31-35, M
"Rock bottom", to me, is a Narcotics Anonymous term for reaching the lowest of the low. You keep doing drugs until you--theoretically--reach your "rock bottom". A fall with severe enough consequences to make you question your actions. Which doesn't necessarily have to be serious: just enough to wake you up.
Depression, on the other hand, has come into colloquial usage as "sadness". One is "depressed" about pretty much anything these days, no matter how trivial or serious. The level of sadness varies quite a lot, depending on the type of "depression".
For instance, one could be "depressed", or "sad" to where they abandon all their friends. This then causes them to "wake up", or "hit rock bottom", and realize that their actions are isolating them and causing consequences.
So. Depression is a state of being. It's a response to consequences. "Rock bottom" is a typically serious consequence that wakes one up to the consequences of their actions.
Depression, on the other hand, has come into colloquial usage as "sadness". One is "depressed" about pretty much anything these days, no matter how trivial or serious. The level of sadness varies quite a lot, depending on the type of "depression".
For instance, one could be "depressed", or "sad" to where they abandon all their friends. This then causes them to "wake up", or "hit rock bottom", and realize that their actions are isolating them and causing consequences.
So. Depression is a state of being. It's a response to consequences. "Rock bottom" is a typically serious consequence that wakes one up to the consequences of their actions.