</font><blockquote><div id="quote"><font class="small">Quote:</font>
bellaviolet said:
dustin, i agree with christina........ there is situational depression, like if you lose a loved one or go through a traumatic experience, and then there's depression caused by chemical imbalance.

</div></font></blockquote><font class="post">

How about chemical "imbalance" caused by trauma so far in the past (and so frightening) it is almost invisible or forgotten? It is for certain that experiences in the past cause changes in the brain -- otherwise how would we remember anything? And emotions get stored along with the rest of our memories too. It's what makes the learning from experience (memories) stand out in our minds.