Hi Josh, nice to meet you properly. I am however really horrified that you'd come to a forum and preach that "depression is more of a negative mindset than an illness"! Do you have any idea the harm that could do to any of our members? People who may have spent years and years trying to fight against the stigma? To actually be able to reach out to their dr and health care for help?
Imagine me telling my husband through his first breakdown that "you just need to think positively" or the people who I speak to on a daily basis who are suicidal? Be more spiratual and think positively? That just doesn't cut it.
Depression and mental health are real. They are illness. How dare you insult any of my members or the wider society by telling them it isn't!