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Maybe that's right stefano.. but is that always the case? Is depression always 100% chemistry and never situational? Being shy doesn't mean depression, but what if someone is just so shy that they never function properly with groups therefore end up very lonely, thus causing depression?

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This may be the start of my biography. I've always been pathologically shy. Now I know hat I was already depressed, even if I had never felt depressed or never had a depressive episode in the clinical sense.
You may feel good, but the chemicals in your brain may already be wrong. If that is the case, you are prone to a depressive bout. If you work on it through psychotherapy, if you fight back self defeating thoughts, you may avoid igniting the depression, but the risk is always there. And I BELIEVE that this situation can only be fixed with meds. The fact that most meds are rough and unpredictable, well that is a mere problem of technical development.

Here's an example from my life's story:

at age 18 I went to a military facility for a screening about my fitness to the military service. We filled a test, and the psychologist called me for a small talk. At the end he said it resulted I was depressed...

At age 19 I went again (because the first time my conditions required further examinations). I made the test again and the psychologist tolf me that my depression was worse.

Then I was discharged for other issues and I forgot about it.

At age 23 I had my first HEAVY depressive episode and I started taking meds...

I believe that my brain failed me since childhood. I am willing to change my lifestyle and thinking patterns, but I KNOW that I have to take those substances that can make serotonin and norepinephrine and all the other stuff work properly. Or I'll just stay well until the next time.