How Do You Deal With Depression?

You were known to be a wise and spiritual, religious man. Did it surprise you that this was happening? I think the word i would use was not so much that it surprised me but as that it shamed me. You can put it more generally and say that in our culture, people who are perceived as doing worth while things, or who are perceived as being successful, aren't supposed to be depressed. And so when you find yourself depressed, one of your first thoughts is, 'I can't let anybody know about this'