Happiness should be a mental illness, not depression.

Sometimes I wonder if depression is actually just a trait of some type of different person. Like wouldn't it be plausible that there are pessimist and optimists both in the world? But no. The pessimistic side of humans is deemed mentally ill. And I'm not denying that it is, because honestly it is just terrible, depression is terrible. But just removing that aspect, is it because "sadness" is not meant to be felt in society? Well, no. Maybe in the past but I do believe people have gotten a lot better expressing themselves and opening up about this, but I do agree and ask why. I don't believe happiness is a mental illness, more like a societal mood that should be expressed and fit in line. But I feel like if you aren't happy or satisifed you just fall out of that line.

/r/depression Thread