I think the more accurate word is relate. "Nobody can relate." With depression comes feelings of isolation and you tend to feel that no one else in the world could possibly feel what I am feeling, which again is probably bogus as well, since a good protion of us, have "been there". A lot of us feel hopeless and helpless, but for different reasons, I guess. It's hard to believe that there is someone out there that understands how I am feeling at any given time. I go through so many levels of hopelessness that I don't know if at any one time there is someone else in the world that could possibly know. It sort of sounds self centered, which I guess is why some people think that we are just trying to get attention when we attempt suicide, or when we talk about suicide. It's a really tough concept for some unemotional people to understand. I sometimes think that the smarter you are, the more life affects you and the more that life seems impossible. Some people go on through life without a care or thought to what it's all about. When we search for meaning and there is none, it's frustrating.
I had a Statistics course in college and wanted to scream. I just want a straight answer, not a probability of an answer - what is the answer?!!! I was much better at Calculus.