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

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Depression is definitely a very real thing.

Posted By Jordan on September 10, 2007

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Depression can be medically evaluated with real tests that show a person...

Posted By Pamela1129 on September 18, 2007

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Depression is not only real but far more prevalent than you think

Posted By visionary1 on September 10, 2007

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No, depression is something that sad people exaggerate in order to milk it for all it's worth.

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Depression is something you can only appreciate once you have suffered from it yourself.

-- Posted By visionary1 on September 10, 2007

A few years ago I would have been of the "It's Only a state of mind pull yourself together"

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Only once you suffer from it yourself can you appreciate and understand it.

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Depression is not only real but far more prevalent than you think

-- Posted By visionary1 on September 10, 2007

The 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.

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Depression is definitely a very real thing.

-- Posted By Jordan on September 10, 2007

When someone commits suicide, it may very well be for attention, but it's still a very real problem when influenced by depression.

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Depression can be medically evaluated with real tests that show a person's brain with depression.

-- Posted By Pamela1129 on September 18, 2007

There 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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