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And my view has always been that it is the same individual that can bring himself/herself out of it. All other external factors might help in the short-run, but eventually, the war is within oneself. The perceptions and thoughts about something can only change if that individual wants it to change.

Giving up is easy... facing it and re-writing the script for one's own betterment is hard.. it surely is. But to me, 'hard' isn't 'impossible'. I've been there, more than once in my life, and trust me, nothing helped me more than the voices inside my head did during those testing moments of life.

Yes indeed, the same person can help itself. But he might need to consider others views before arriving at a conclusion on how he will handle himself.

Yes, that is correct, too. However, whoever is helping him/her, needs to portray this fact directly and indirectly more than once. That is my point.

But if that somebody can really handle depression by himself, then he is a strong person.

True that