Everyone wants happiness, no one wants pain. But you can't have a rainbow without a little rain.
I was depressed in 2007 and 2008 man, I know how stuff goes sometimes. You just gotta keep your head up and keep fighting. Not sure if it will help you but it helped me a lot, I watched Castaway over and over and one line reverberated through me and really helped pull me up.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qaA_fSYfmTQ (3:20-end)
And Spence, when you're in a dark place, you try to get help from anyone you can. Not sure if this is where he's coming from exactly, but it takes strength to come out and talk about feelings and call for some friends. I don't think this is "too deep" or whatever from this thread. If he's looking for us to be there for him, we should be there. All of us.