[Ghost On The Highway]

Hey Jade,

First of all, being diagnosed with depression does not necessarily mean you have clinical major depressive disorder. It's not diabetes or cancer, it's a subjective assessment by someone who doesn't really know what they're diagnosing in most cases (school counselor? general practitioner? please...) Don't feel like you have to "live the label" or that you're hiding anything by not telling others you "have depression." There's been a recent push to qualify MDD as a physical/neurological illness that is in many cases completely unfounded. Of course, if being diagnosed helps you receive treatment or care, go for it. What's important is that you are healthy and whole, not that you meet or don't meet criteria on a clinical inventory. Feel free to PM me if you want to talk.

-Ghoost