Depression

Depression is a common occurrence that everyone has experienced in some way throughout the course of his or her lives - from feeling 'blue' to clinical depression. Depression is generally known as "the most common and oldest of all disorders" (Wright, 101) and is considered a crisis. It can happen to anyone regardless of age, sex, person, status or occupation, is one of the "most serious and prevalent mental disorders" and affects approximately 14 million people in …

…ago, some huge traumatic events caused me to go into a mild depression. I did go on medications to life the physical symptoms but I continued in counseling to deal with the issues causing the depression. Now I can recognize the signs that I need to watch for so that I don't go down the same path. Thankfully, with a lot of hard work, I am not depressed any longer and no longer require medications.