Depression is a Medical Illness

If you have experienced it, you know that depression is as real, painful and dangerous as many other illnesses. But because it is not visually apparent or measurable by a blood test, you may begin to question why you are unable to will it away if only you would try hard enough. But often, depression does have a physiological component to it. In the same way diabetics cannot will their pancreas to regulate their blood-sugar levels, most clinically depressed people cannot simply will their brain to better regulate their mood. Your brain is as much a physical organ as a pancreas or a heart; it might require medication for it to function better.