I used to be a perfect ten out of ten student, until depression hit. It's basically impossible for me to get into any college because my grades are bad. Any time some one else speaks of their education, i feel like a failure. I haven't seen a psychiatrist in two years. Ok. So let's go over a couple of basic principles. The first is that, you know, if you all try therapy and it doesn't work, that can sometimes make sense in periods of extreme depression. This is why we sometimes will do things like prescribed medication,. Sometimes if you're so depressed that you can't really engage in therapy in a productive way, things like medication are a good