I’ve had it for nearly 20 years I wish there was a magic cure to bring the old me back
My councillor said mine was probably brought on by being homeless, pregnant at 40 and losing my Dad all at the same time it’s never gone away

I was talking to a lady and she said we all have depression it takes something to trigger it I think it has some truth to it as most people that suffer depression will have some sort of trauma weather we realise it or not I only realised why I behave the way I do recently due to a lightbulb moment I suddenly remembered something that happened when I was child and thinking of how I felt and didn't like it so it put me into protective mode but my family didn't understand and I went on a downward spiral later in life especially letting my mind think over than what really matters

Nope. It's a chemical imbalance. But with support, exercise, sleep, medicine, and time you can get a better balance. So it won't be as bad and can be managed. Like any other illness

I've had since 2001 and about to be 70 in November,so I would say YES 🥱

Yes depression is there because it wants to be, maybe some of us got it because of something that happened to us, if we can be strong enough to not let it get the best of , then it can happen, but in my case because of the traumatic experience I went through and losing my daughter makes it hard for me. But if you can get past it then that would be the best feeling in the world. We are all different . Hope that one day you can be free of it. Just remember we are all here for each other.