I think the short answer is yes.

You watch the news and its all death and destruction and financial meltdown. It’s enough in itself to make you depressed. There’s never any good news, no fluffy white cats being rescued from trees by nice fireman, or the like.

I usually switch it off before it gets started. But the other night the headline was mental health so I watched. Despite promises that funding would be increased it’s actually being slashed by many local authorities. There was a story of distraught parents with a young daughter having to travel 300 miles for treatment.

And then there’s the constant bombardment of advertising, portraying beautiful people having wonderful lives. You can’t help but compare yourself, compounding the disappointment you feel with your own life.

Pile all that on top of your own problems and its enough to make almost anyone depressed.

But coming back to the young girl, one of the most disturbing things I read about within the forums is children suffering with depression. And the research indicates its increasing rapidly.

So I wanted to ask you all to share your thought on why you think this is happening to them.

Love to all, Tony