Simple approach is not to take part in any discussions then, seeing how clueless everyone else is, if you don't want help, don't take it. Or of course, you could take the "woe is me, you don't understand me" sentiment. However, that's hardly the most productive of approaches either. I'll keep in mind the comment about people here being clueless, clearly saying that asking for help can help, is an ignorant and crass idea, thankfully I won't act on what you believe.
Being the only one who you deem understanding of your situation, doesn't mean that is the only way people experience suicidal depression. Of course, some people just don't want help or don't want to get better.
On the flip side of that, some people don't think there is any help, they don't seek any help because they don't think there is any there, they'd rather stay strong, stiff upper lip and all that. I know a number of people for whom help has worked, would they have killed themselves otherwise? Who knows, thankfully they didn't go that far. I also know some who kept quiet, acted happily day to day and killed themselves. I also wouldn't make assumptions as to other peoples experiences.
Sure, people can do what they want, sure, to an extent it isn't anyone elses business. But I won't brush this stuff under the carpet nor will I ever ignore it.
Honestly it's more or less surprizing/numbing to see that in most events of problems people refer to "therapy", "help", whatever.
Does it really work? I mean really?
I feel like I'm probably in the minority of those that deny that medication is an answer, but I'll break down some of my logic and put it out on display:
Say you
do go to see a doctor. Likely you'll be examined the way I was; Ask how your home life is, ask what your work life is, "are you happy?", "what are you dreams/aspirations if you were given no limitations?", probably do some examination of your smarts/comprehensions, and have you fill out a chart of what you feel people's "understanding" of you is.
So let's break this down."are you happy?"; would I go to you if I were?
"how's your home life"; people born into families of regular habits/personalities/traits, really can give no warning signs unless they're in fear for their lives. They're just used to the conditions they've grown up with, no matter really how clearly people from the outside can see.
"your work life": most people hate their jobs; nuff said. People to go work to have the resources to eat; not because they feel compelled to go to it.
"Dreams/aspirations": well, most people have probably gotten their taste of reality or limitations. I once had a depressed friend. I asked what he wanted to do with his life. What did I hear? "To fly like superman and live in the matrix." Yea, real winner here. Smarts: can't really fix that. Not unless they go through something more depressing than what they have; getting an education is no easy break.
They they have the list of questions; they're all more or less absolute answer style questions, they're just more fuel to the fire to contribute to a diagnosis.
So this leads to a general idea of what the person has "wrong" with them. But nobody really knows. For all you know, the depressed person is an ***hole. Hard to work with/talk with/hang around without getting in a mood/consistently angry/judgmental.
So then it comes down to the drugs. But if you're drugging an ***hole for depression, and the ***hole doesn't really think there's anything wrong with him, guess what? You're just enhancing that negative facet of his personality, which only really gets worse with age.
It really looks like a lucrative industry to make a quick buck based on the perception from people around you that you're smarter than they are.
Just a few thoughts on our current psychiatric ideas on how to treat others.
SMALL UPDATE:
Lets say you DO get therapy. You go into maybe an out patient program, or start going five days a week for several hours out of the day if you are unemployed. You aren't the greatest, but damn, those drugs work; they work so good, in fact, that you listen to people talk about how great you can be, what you can do, what a great person you are, etc etc etc.
Let's say for good measure you even go out and buy up a whole foot full of PUA material to study.
So while you're on this brainwashing power trip, you start to believe what they tell you; that you're really the greatest man, or one of many, to walk the earth. Not only that, but that you're Don Juan because you know how great you are, and because you taught yourself to break out of your shell, the ladies will know, too.
Three months later? "ugh man things haven't been working out; maybe I should _______"
