Why doesn’t anyone take depression seriously? My own husband doesn’t even think it’s real…. It’s an agonizing and lonely journey…. Can’t even get into a psychiatrist to get treated. Counseling isn’t enough. I know that nobody really cares and I may even get comments to encourage me to do so, but I just may as soon put a gun to my temple to get this over with. No one needs to live out the years of their lives with an illness that leaves them in pain constantly with no relief.