"Go and get some help" IS the best advise Jenny. I had a brush with depression myself, and if understanding and admitting you might have a depression issue isn't hard enough (you know australian men, especially from country areas), accepting that someone else is going to help you get your head straight is even harder. As you said, once you suspect you or a friend may have an issue, the doc should be priority. A GP will refer you if he can't deal with it himself, just depends how far out of whack you are really.

I've discussed this with a couple of mates of mine since, who I thought appeared to be a bit suspect. One was already getting treatment and the other did after I talked to him. Funny thing about it, non of us could think of any reason for it, no apparent problems, which makes it really hard to identify. However, if you get a fact sheet and read the symptoms, it's pretty obvious and opens your eyes a bit.

I'm fine now....that's what the voices reckon anyway.....! Seriously though, my life is a whole lot better now, and on the outside, not a lot has changed.