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Originally Posted by Alone & confused
My T told me years ago that there was a difference between depression and sadness. She said " clinical depression" is a chemical imbalance. She said if there is an environmental reason for "depression" it's sadness or something else. She said that clinical depression comes without a known cause. Not sure if that was the type of answer you were looking for, but I hope it helps.
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Actually environmental factors can be part of depression...so having an environmental reason doesn't necessarily mean its normal sadness. I mean if someone is fine mentally and say a close relative dies...then yeah they are going to be very sad but doesn't mean they have depression. However if one has say a genetic predisposition for depression it is possible something like that could end up triggering the symptoms. It can actually get pretty complicated and confusing I imagine.