Thank you so much for rambling on ;) This is one subject that is very close to my heart as I know the anguish one goes through, that feeling that things will never be the same again and that one will feel this heavy dark cloud over one's head all the time, but it really is not so! Depression can be overcome. There's another steemian @zen-art who has written numerous helpful articles about it, check her blog out if you like.
I wrote about what helped me and here is that link
I understand when you say some people see it as kind of trendy but we know that condition certainly is no walk in the park!
Take good care of yourself and thank you for your thoughtful response!