If You Miss It, It's Probably Not Depression

I found this article a while back while I was searching for something...I'm not sure what. The title alone was enough to start my eyes rolling, but I read it anyway. It's nicely written, and I can't say the author wasn't really depressed...not without knowing her during those years...but I cannot shake the conviction that it is impossible to think longingly of real depression.

There are a very few painful events I look back on and miss in a faint, faded sort of way but depression isn't one of them. It was horrible when I had it, it is horrible when it returns...as it still does every now and then...and if it ever leaves completely I will most definitely not be hoping for it to return.