Is depression real?
Depression is now classified as a diagnosable and treatable mental illness. Is it truly a disease, or is it a state of mind?
Posted By lindsayloo14 on September 10, 2007
Depression is definitely a very real thing.
Posted By Jordan on September 10, 2007
Depression can be medically evaluated with real tests that show a person...
Posted By Pamela1129 on September 18, 2007
Depression is not only real but far more prevalent than you think
Posted By visionary1 on September 10, 2007
No, depression is something that sad people exaggerate in order to milk it for all it's worth.
Depression is something you can only appreciate once you have suffered from it yourself.
-- Posted By visionary1 on September 10, 2007A few years ago I would have been of the "It's Only a state of mind pull yourself together"
brigade.
Only once you suffer from it yourself can you appreciate and understand it.
Depression is not only real but far more prevalent than you think
-- Posted By visionary1 on September 10, 2007The difficulty is that because of it's unique problems is it used as an excuse by many freeloaders.
Yes, depression is a real illness that can require serious treatment to recover.
When someone commits suicide, it may very well be for attention, but it's still a very real problem when influenced by depression.
Depression can be medically evaluated with real tests that show a person's brain with depression.
-- Posted By Pamela1129 on September 18, 2007There are different kinds of depression, but a severe depression is verifiable and is treatable. Sometimes it's hard to get the depressed person to seek treatment. .

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About lindsayloo14
Outspoken, introverted, well-read, smart-ass tomboy with green eyes--the window to my soul. Favorite book? The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand.