I think a big part of the problem is that even when someone does a cry for help, the person they talk to responds… but they often don’t offer a solution. Too often, it’s something along the lines of “man, life just keeps on sucking, you just have to learn to deal.” Well, that’s no help: there’s a major roadblock in their learning how to deal. This is symptomatic of the parent/teacher/whoever themselves often having regressive depressions of varying degrees: That is to say, they themselves don’t have a solution to the depression problem.

To that end, I think it’s important that people seek counseling even when they are feeling mentally healthy. Like I said, this stuff can sit in the back of your brain for weeks and months. When your soul isn’t being crushed, it’s easier to address the things that have and will make you depressed. And, really, it’s not a bad idea to make yourself comfortable with counseling, against the day that you are in a desperate state.