As one might expect, depression can present itself as feeling sad or "having the blues", however, sadness is not always the strongest feeling of a depressed person. There are many ranges of depression, from short in duration and mild, to long term and ver

People with a depressive illness cannot merely "pull themselves together". Depression can occur for weeks, months or years, and if one does not seek help depression can occur once, twice or several times in a lifetime. However, depression effects the thinking of the person who has it, so they are often not aware that they are suffering from it.

Depression is often used to describe someone who is feeling low about themselves at the moment, when in reality it is a whole lot more than that. It is a total body illness that no mater how hard a person try to talk them selves out of it they still feel bad. It can effect a person in every aspect of their life from home to work to their social life.

-A persistent sad, anxious or "empty" mood

y severe, even life threatening. The severe depression is created by a combination of symptoms that interfere w

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