Nicole Arbour, a youtube personality posted a video this past week about her views on Depression.

This video is a disgrace and needs to be addressed as such.

First off, she starts off her video by saying that we have "amazing technology, grocery stores full of food, and heated seats in our cars", and continues to say "yet we are the most depressed that humans have ever been".

I am going to enlighten the world on fact that depression (along with many other mental illnesses) is NOT based on what materialistic things a person has or does not have.

Have you ever seen celebrities talk about their struggle with Mental Illness?

Some of the richest people in the world deal with Depression, concluding that money and possessions are NOT what mental illness is about.

Her take on anti-depressants was far from the truth.

It is unfortunate that when she was on medication, it made her feel like a "zombie", but that is not the case for everybody. "I think there's something really scary about taking away someone's ability to feel, which is what anti-depressants do."

Actually, anti-depressants along with many other medications for mental illnesses do the exact opposite, if you are on the right kind. If a medication makes you feel apathetic, then you simply are on the wrong one and if you choose, should try out a different medication.

She says in her video that scientists have "no idea" why some anti-depressants work on some people and don't for others. If you talked to any psychiatrist they will tell you straight up that everybody's chemicals in their brains are different THUS why a medication that works for me, may not work for another person.

A person does not "decide" to become depressed.

As someone who has had bouts with depression, when you are stuck in Depression it isn't as easy as it seems to just get out of. Yes, it is a CHOICE to choose recovery, and you do need to push yourself to get back on track, but unlike what is said in Nicole's video, sometimes you just can't "get up and go take a dance class". It takes time, the RIGHT medication (if you so choose), therapy, and a solid support system to get through Depression.

A lot of people struggling with Depression already feel hopeless and guilty for feeling that way, so I am hoping nobody was triggered by Nicole Arbour's video.

From someone who is in the midst of Depression, hearing that it's "all in my head" is an ignorant way to talk about a Mental Illness.