Depression is what I feel when the attitude you approached grade school doesn't work in and high school. And your labeled as a "spazzy freak". And not even the losers of the school would talk to you as an equal.
That feeling of going home everyday to be reminded that you have to go back to a place that only makes you feel like a piece of shit.
That feeling when the unhealthy habits you take up to turn you mind off from the pain only makes it worse.
That feeling that no one will accept you for being an atheist, with teachers telling me that I'm going to hell for my beliefs.
That feeling when you parents think that the devil is controlling you, and are finding ridiculous ways to help.
Depressions is when the projects you take up to keep your mind off the assholes, are destroyed in front of you by them, and having those asshole laugh at you for "crying over spilled milk".
Four years of my live were spend like this until I decided not to take anyone shit anymore and stand up for myself. Depression is something that has shaped me into a better person, I think I understand it.
Okay, sorry for being late to the party, but let me share my two cents into the matter:
First off, what you call depression could be easily remedied with just some therapy and just growing the fuck up. Me? I've had an abusive (both mentally and physically) stepdad who constantly drove me into seclusion and made me into what I am today. No amount of therapy will change the 11 years I spent with him. He nearly put me into the hospital several times, threatened to call the police/child services almost as many times, made me wish death upon him and even had suicidal thoughts while living with him. And even before that (and for a while afterwards) I had a depressing life. It wasn't until I turned 18 that I even
tried to make an effort upon improving my mental health because I was
that depressed. Part of it was the 'Tism I had since birth, but a good chunk of my behavior during the better part of the 2000s was shaped by him.
Second of all, it's not a bad thing to scrap projects or ideas, there's plenty that never made it to fruition for whatever reasons (like it was stupid, unfeasible, didn't fit with the overall plan, what have you). Hell, even I've done it plenty of times. You don't have to have to suck Mr. Enter's e-penis and follow his every word. A lot of the ideas he has are garbage. The horse, besides just being a puff piece for Enter's MLP obsession, feels shoehorned into a series that has
already shoehorned in lame ideas, plots and jokes in every single script. And I don't care if you came up with it. What I said still applies, it's a dumb idea that feels like it was forced into the series at the last minute.
Thirdly, you're biting off a lot more than you can chew just by Growing Around's mere existence. You're jumping into a series with no ground to lie your ideas upon. Which is why you guys are doing what you do. A lot of the criticism drawn to it, aside from the hypocrisy of Mr. Enter himself, is legitimate. The writing, even in the later drafts, is dumb. All the ideas and jokes are cliche, stolen and/or just forced in. The characters have no depth to them whatsoever. And to top it off, the plots are so lame, that that even the most generic cartoons out there would be ashamed of it (Sorry if I sound like a broken record, but it had to repeated). All in all, you guys need to abandon ship before you drown. And not act like pussies about it either.
Whew, wasn't expecting this to be elaborate, but that's what I get when I skip out early and decide to read the damn topic after the shitstorm's started.