You Can’t Just ‘Get Over’ Depression
‘Often people with chronic depression are told by friends and family to just ‘get over it,’ and they treat depression as if it’s temporary, like a cold. People suffering from mental illness are just that, suffering from an illness.
But not one they can just get over, like a cold—it’s more like cancer. They cannot just ‘snap out of it.’ It is an ongoing fight.’ —Gina Gambino, RN, BS in psychology, a behavioral health nurse in New Jersey.
