At some point, does it become a choice to drown yourself in your own depression?

[Anonymous]

Depression is very real, but at some point shouldn’t you want to lift your spirts and search for any form of positivity to rid yourself of such a negative feeling?

[caring__1]

Have you ever gone down a water slide? Though you had control in the beginning, once you head down, you have no way to stop yourself. Someone else can help by catching you, but it is often too hard to stop on your own without hurting yourself. The sooner you face your demons, the easier and quicker it is to get back to normal. The deeper you go, the harder it is to pull out.

[Honesttguy]

Depression is mainly to do with negative thinking, so people drown themselves in negative thoughts. Yes they should at some point switch their thinking to get out of depression, but do they know it? Probably not.

[LazerBean]

Most people had an opportunity to choose somewhere along the line and made the wrong choice. As the other guy said, the deeper in you get the harder it is to get out, but it was still your choice to begin with.

[jahaims]

You don't understand depression if you think that.