Chainsawkitten

I also denied my depression at first. I somehow managed to get myself to believe that it was insignificant and not serious. "If it would've been serious I'd already have killed myself." or similar thoughts. This was largely fueled by a very "anti-emo" environment were any signs of depression or emotional instability were seen as mere attention seeking. People discovering my depression was my greatest fear. I didn't want to be an annoyance and my problems were insignificant anyways.

First when I realized that I was depressed and it was serious did I manage to change my ways of thinking. The first step to curing yourself is not Prozac or similar, it's being aware of your depression and wanting to do something about it. I doubt force-feeding someone medicine is going to help.

The problem, tore, is that you expect the depressed individual to be rational. Strong emotions are the very opposite of rational thinking.