This was my thoughts. Do people you aren't actually suffering from a mental illness take advantage. Everyone gets sad, stressed, down and maybe slightly depressed this is impossible to remove. It seems at the slight sign of these people now take time off rather than just carrying on with life. Which is wrong a probably sways the figures.

Don't get me wrong anyone with mental illness or genuinely suffering depression. Needs help and support and I am an advocating for speaking out and promoting mental health.

I just think a lot of people now cry depression or stress. When actually they are just a bit down.

When humans are forced to do stuff that doesn't come naturally or they experience an acute stress then that can affect their mental health for sure.
This can happen in any system.
How you respond to stress often depends on how conditioned you are to handling it and the individual.

I think that illustrates the point nicely.

Keep taking the meds.

This is an outrageous post.

I assume you don't know whether or not Nick as affected by a mental health issue.

I strongly recommend you take the comment back.

Happiness is best defined by Jez from Peep Show:

"Yeah, exactly. I mean, if people only did everything they wanted, everyone would just spend all day sitting on the carpet, watching the poker channel, w***ing and eating those expensive German biscuits."

"That was fun and to round off the day, I am off to steal a charity collection box and then desecrate a place of worship.” - Smokey, The Selhurst Arms, 26/02/02

I am sorry to hear that. It does not excuse you effectively stating another poster has a mental illness. If he does that is his own concern and not a matter of which to make light.