Contribution to debate

Me already recovered from depression/hearing vocies of 10yrs (not suicidal), I never regret having depression bcos:

1. Depression is part of my growing up process (from about 22-34) which had moulded me into a better & stronger & more understanding person (towards depression & suicide)

2. I get to meet my psychiatrist whom I like very much, have been seeing him for 10yrs at IMH, now he became private, I still wanted to continue seeing him but he doesn't allowed cos all my records are with IMH. And the pdoc I'm seeing at IMH now, I like him too cos he has been giving very good advice & preferred talking to his patients than facing his admin work, he wrote books too

3. My mum used to strongly against me seeing psychiatrist, saying that I am not sick, I don't need medicine, I am just being lazy going to work, always scolding me (but luckily I've a supporting dad & I insist that I had depression & need to see psychiatrist & need to be on medication)... till later, with the help of media education, she changed her mentality to happily going with me to IMH for appointment. And when she saw her friends, she would honestly tell her friend that she's accompany her daughter to IMH

4. I'm a Buddhist & I've become very clingy to Goddess of Mercy, read a lot of Buddhism books