What lessons have you learned from depression?

I was going to say that I am strong but in the midst of a depressive episode, i don't feel very strong!

So instead I will say... that thoughts are temporary and not real/true and that if I hold on to that, I will not sink too low in my depression where suicide seems like a good answer. If when I find myself in a midst of a episode, if I can just think a slightly more productive thought that the original thought and the next day, think a slightly better thought and if I continue on like that, slowly moving up the emotional scale, thoughts can be changed and I can make it thru another episode as long as I stay aware and mindful of my thoughts and that they are not real and can be changed.

I think I found that even tho your down and no one really seems to understand ... there is still some hope to over come it to some degree.
You just got to keep looking.

It's funny but I only realised recently that what I have is depression, even though I've lived with it my entire life. And once I realised that I started to think about how I feel this way, what combined experiences of my childhood and adulthood that had caused this feeling of emptiness.

Clinically dissecting it makes me feel better, I guess... makes me feel like I have control over it, rather than the other way round.

Nobody likes you when you are down and out.

Darkness reminds me what light can be...

Life goes on even when you stop going with it

It fucking sucks.