Oh yes, very much so. I remember being roughly 8 or 9 I'm not sure, sitting outside our apartment with my head buried almost in my lap, crying hysterically and not knowing what it meant. All I knew was I was terribly sad and didn't comprehend why.

I was depressed from a very early age and absolutely nobody cared enough to get me seen or treated for it by a doctor. It was ignored and it just kept getting worse and worse and has never left me.

It may have made such a huge difference if I were placed into treatment at a young age. I will never know tho.