DEPRESSION is CAUSED by lack of your brain's happy chemicals.
It is different from grief or disappointment which we will all
suffer at some time by its severity. There is also no clear
relationship to life circumstances e.g. many famous
persons who have everything going in their favor still commit
suicide because of depression.
Having stressful life events, poor human bonds, and/or physically
painful illnesses can all precipitate depression.
The feelings we have about life come from chemicals
in our brains. But different people make different levels of these
substances than others. People who get depressed appear to produce
insufficient amounts of these "happy" chemicals.
Let's look now at the symptoms of depression.
