I’ve had depression for as long as I can remember. It started when I was a kid, persisted through my adolescent years, and worsened in my adult years.
I was lucky to have a mom who talked openly about her depression, so I never had to wonder what I was feeling. I always knew it was depression, so even as a kid I just decided to buck up and do the best I could with it.
I figured since I could still function in school and later in a job that what I had must be mild depression, maybe dipping into moderate depression from time to time.
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