Why am I crying?

Hope for relief; hope for healing. Depression is often misunderstood because it is associated with moods, and we expect people to be able to control their mood swings. But depression is far more serious than being temporarily "out of sorts." Martha Maughon learned this through painful, first-hand experience. "Why don't you just snap out of it?" is an unfortunate but common response to a person suffering from depression. People who ask this, either audibly or silently, might as well say to a comatose patient, "Why don't you just wake up?" The morning after the traumatic birth of her daughter…