People mean well but..

I have depression and PMDD. I have had a particularly rough 6 months, finally I dropped the 100 things I was trying to juggle and had a break down a little while back. I had no choice but to pull my head out of the sand and get some help. Which I found hard. Accepting my mental health issue has been a long tough road. I've suffered with depression since I was a small child. Managed to push it aside many times. As an adult I feel it's now affecting my physical health because I've never truly managed it.

I don't like to talk to most people about it, I feel that they don't understand and as much as they don't want too, they might look at me as weak or screwed up.

I let my guard down and tried to explain the way I think and feel when I'm at my worst to a friend, I want my loved ones to know mostly it's not them it's me.
In bad times I won't answer my phone, I don't text back, I wont go out I like to stay home where I feel safe I retreat into my cave so I can deal with things and just wait to come out the other side.

This well meaning friend made the comment 'Sounds like you just need a holiday and a little break'.
Really?
How does a person have a holiday away from their own brain I wonder?
Then I realised sometimes it's hard to relate to or understand something you have no experience in yourself. So I can't be upset with people who are trying.

I joined this forum yesterday and just wanted to say hello.