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Originally Posted by Sarah_MaxCash
Mine was sparked by something pretty real but I think the roots were in my brain even before then. I think people probably did have just as many depressions before but they weren't diagnosed. They either killed themselves or lived through it in mental anguish without telling anybody.
Most people I have known that have been through a real depression would never wish it upon another living soul and stop doing that leisurely tossing around of 'oh, I am so depressed'.
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I agree. My mom has depression pretty badly. She is about to turn 70 and she only really started getting good treatment for it about 6-7 years ago. When she was diagnosed the doctor told her she had probably been suffering it her entire life, but she didn't know it. She had some pretty horrible things happen to her when she was a child and only recently has come to realize that they aren't her fault. That has helped her a lot, but she still has a lot of bad days. She is on medicine now and after finding the right one she is doing a lot better.
She is one of the strongest people I have ever known. My parents divorced when I was 5 and she raised my brother and myself on her own by working two jobs and busting her ass. It was pretty intense when she told me recently that for most of my life she had thought seriously about killing herself, but didn't because she didn't want to leave me and my brother alone.
She had told me time and again that she is so thankful that she didn't pass the depression on to me.