Anger vs. Depression

"Depression is anger without enthusiasm."

I saw this anonymous quote today, and it took me aback. No wonder it was anonymous; it is absurd. I see how we, silly people of a hypochrondriac generation, want to agree with this ruling, given that it implys that depression is a common condition. I won't say that there aren't different degrees of depression, or that I am some sort of expert on the matter; but I do think the word is thrown around too much. You know how people are always saying they have a migraine, when they have had a headache for more than a few hours? It kind of reminds me of that. Although it does happen to all age groups, genders, and ethnicities; the majority of depression does not occur in teenagers but rather is onset in woman between 30 & 40, peaking when they are between 50 & 60. Clinical depression is not brought on by anger, or the lack thereof, but by a chemical inbalance that occurs when there are low levels of nuerotransmittors. We all have seen the commercials for zoloft... with the little bubble characters... that try to simplify this very complicated theory. They DO simplify it... to the point you think you understand something that you do not. haha. I'm being very enlightening, aren't I? The research on this material is intense, and slightly ridiculed. i would encourage you to delve into it, if it interests you.

Basically, I do understand that depression will be considered a state... in which one is tired and overly worn of a certain problem or issue, but does not allow the anger to consume. This person may think to themselves that they would rather just be angry about the issue, but being angry truly is not normally the best alternative.

Maybe I am wrong. Maybe our passion should always be so strong that we never become depressed. I do not believe that it is something that can be helped though. I've struggled with unexplainable, yet consuming, pervasive low mood from the time i was rather young; although I have never been diagnosed with clinical depression. I do not feel like it is something that I could have overcome just by being stronger... or by just being enthusiastically angry.

Sometimes it seems short, witty little quotes are cute; but don't let them do the thinking for you. I wonder who else agrees with me that this one is incorrect.