What's the worst part of depression? These Twitter users are speaking up. [UpWorthy.com]

Samantha Sangenito 8/13/154:00 AM

Like most mental illness, depression is widely misunderstood by those who don't live with it.

I, like tens of millions of others, live with depression. To me, one of the most challenging aspects of depression is the simple fact that most people — even the most well-meaning — won't really understand. And try as they might, they won't be able to help.

One of my favorite illustrations of this comes from a comic by Robot Hugs. The comic imagines if people treated physical illness the way they often treat mental illness.

[For more of this story go to http://www.upworthy.com/whats-...sers-are-speaking-up]

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Like most mental illness, depression is widely misunderstood by those who don't live with it.

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