I've been depressed forever. Went through alcohol and drugs like cocaine in an attempt to feel better. Have taken a dozen different antidepressants and went to counseling in a hospital for 3 months. Nothing really worked for me. The one thing I found that relieves depression is physical activity. I ran. Ran away from depression. I didn't think about it when I was running and felt better after. If you make some kind of physical activity a habit its something to be proud of.

It's a condition...no thing more nothing else. You don't see people with kidney problems hiding their kidney meds.
It is what you are. Accept it and find a way to work around it.

Well congratulations, today was your first step in talking about it. It's nothing you can help and probably over half the world has too.

Why would you be ashamed of something so common? Not being depressed is more uncommon. You have lots of company.

You are not alone 🫂

Depression is a contagious disease if spread by word of ???? ..

So what do you get by spreading it and infecting others ?