Depression


Everybody has "the blues" or "feels down" from time to time. It's normal
to feel sad for short periods, especially if something bad had happened in our
lives. But those of us who suffer from depression have much more than "the
blues", and our feelings can last for a long time.
There are many sufferers of this illness; at any one time, 5% of
Canadians are depressed, and 10-20% will suffer from it at one point in their
lives.
But family and friends who've never experienced true depression can have
trouble understanding what it's like. Many people find it difficult to think of
depression as an illness because their are no obvious physical symptoms. But
depression is an illness, which is caused by chemical changes in the brain. Few
people think that a physical illness is the sufferer's fault-and no one should
think depression is, either.
Like any other illness, depression has certain symptoms. Once these have
been recognized, you can take measures to treat them. Some......

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