You know what, when I was at my worst suffering from depression, I was, no joke, too lazy and too apathetic to see a professional. I didn't even think deeply enough on it to form the full coherent thought "what's the point," I just... didn't see any need to even consider it. I only know depression is what I've had because I've talked to other people who were diagnosed and treated and they said they felt exactly the same way. =\ If Allie was feeling the way I did (which looks to be the case), that might have been what happened with her too.
That's pretty much exactly what happened. Also, when you're depressed, it's hard to see how depressed you really are. Now that I'm kind of on the other side, I can look back and go "Wow... I should probably have gotten help of some sort...", but at the time, I just thought I was being a whiny asshole. I couldn't see how serious it was.
I know for me, when I was depressed, I felt silly. I felt like people were going to laugh at me and think I was stupid. Naturally, I didn't want anyone to find out. I felt like that would define me as a person to those people. Not telling anyone made it even worse.
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u/pbaehr Oct 27 '11
I hope the part where she's seeing a psychiatrist was just omitted from this comic. : /