[crimsonhaze]

I wrote an article about this once. I find it hard to help out a friend who doesn't want to talk about his condition. I only know that psychologists and psychiatrists, or counselors all require you to talk to them. But what if you can't talk to them? http://healthmad.com/mental-health/d...al-tendencies/

[pegasus]

Some sites that I have read say that depression is caused by feelings of guilt, boredom, unworthiness and most negative thoughts lead to depression, but most of these are based on assumptions.

I'm not sure I agree with this above statement that is written in your piece. Here in the UK, one in four will have depression in their lifetime and that's not caused by feelings of guilt, boredom etc and not all negative thoughts lead to depression. I wonder where you read that? There is far more to depression than you have written.

Not meaning to pick you apart, just something that needs to be pointed out.

[crimsonhaze]

It's okay, thanks though Now I can't say exactly where I've read about that since I have this tendency to go through a lot of sites at the same time. Most probably though in one of Yahoo!'s stories or quick facts or most likely the symptoms of depression. In my opinion I think that depression is such a vague topic, and it's so hard to categorize it for there are a lot of subs and stuff that's under depression. One of the things I've read though says that it is hard to identify the exact causes of depression. It could be coming from intense feelings of guilt, or it could be caused by social situations, in your environment. There are many factors that can cause depression but not a very specific one.

I guess my main concern is how to help someone who won't even go to a doctor... If he refuses to talk, how will we know what the problem is..