Um, I don't know that it's a modern phenomenon, I think if a teenager went to his dad in 1913 and talked about depression he'd probably get cursed out and/or smacked, so I'm guessing people generally kept it to themselves - plus there was no emo tumblr page to vent on either.... Yes, depression is a daily/hourly/millisecondly struggle for me and there is no 'better', it's survival mode - getting through the bad few hours/days and gearing up for the next ones