I also think it is unfortunate that the word "depression" became a part of our daily vocabulary. People say "oh, I'm so depressed" when they mean they are having a bad day, or are disappointed etc. It completely lost it's meaning as a serious psychiatric mood disorder.

I agree that tv has made depression something that everbody thinks they have. We are supposed to be feeling "happy" or we are "depressed". My husband is a pharmacist and say's that so many people are almost demanding their doctors to prescribe anti-depressants. They have NO idea what major depression really is or how powerful psychiatric drugs are. It's like "Give me a quick-fix now"

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