It isn&#x27;t really a &quot;perceived difficulty&quot; thing and your comments seem a bit flippant as if a depression is all due to the person&#x27;s irresponsibility. Like depression is just because someone is just &quot;sad&quot; but a balloon will cheer them up and they&#x27;ll be right as rain.<p>As was pointed out in the comment right above this. Someone suffering from depression is often completely incapable of &quot;taking responsibility for fixing it themselves&quot;.<p>Imagine the thought process is more like &quot;Why should I even bother to get out of bed today? I&#x27;m a horrible person and don&#x27;t deserve to be happy. I&#x27;d rather be dead than live through another day of this horrible existence of a life.&quot; -- and then you come along and say &quot;There&#x27;s nothing wrong with you. You just need to be responsible and live a healthier lifestyle.&quot; Hell, that&#x27;d just add on to their overwhelming feeling of self-loathing. Good job.<p>You think they wouldn&#x27;t JUMP at the chance to be able to stop being in a constant state of mental anguish and live a healthier lifestyle?