Someone once told me that the difference between feeling down and being clinically depressed is how you feel in the morning.  With the former, you feel like you cannot get out of bed, with the latter, you often cannot get out of bed. I am not depressed but I was feeling blue all day yesterday.  This morning I woke up and thought I can't get out of bed but I did.  What it bought to mind was how people who are depressed manage it.  Without it sounding trite, I want to send a big hug to all those people who struggle with depression,  who manage to get out of bed and function at all, on a daily basis, and a gentle pat on the back for every hurdle they manage to get through and for every difficulty that they fight to cope with.