Feeling or Disorder: Where Is the Line?
A person lives, experiences desires, anxieties, sadness — this is normal. But when emotions and thoughts become intrusive, when they torment and control you against your will, that is something different.
"Depression is like a basket where people throw their poor well-being. But there is depression as a mental disorder — that is something completely different, a mental disorder that is treated in a completely different way."
The distinction matters: feeling sad is normal. But when sadness captures you completely, changes how your brain works, disrupts your sleep and life — that is already a disorder requiring help.