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If there's any word I would wipe out of the English language if I could would be depressed

Not depression but depressed because it's a word that people essentially employ for the most minimal setbacks in life such as,

oh, I'm so depressed. I applied to graduate school and one of them rejected me or this person I'm interested in on

Tinder didn't respond back or I'm so depressed, the AirB&B I wanted to book for my vacation is not available.

And so there's this tribulization of actually something that's very very serious and comparing what's known as

reactive mood disorders such as despairing after a breakup or after a significant loss, which can cause some of the

symptoms of depression, but still that isn't the kind of depression that warrants our attention and

it's important to know about simply because not just if you have experienced it, like I have at one point in my life, but in case

you know someone who's struggling with it, it's a significant disease and I hope to show why that's the case.

So first, just a little bit about nomenclature.

There's two different kinds of depression that would warrant treatment

to stymia, which is a milder version of major depressive disorder.

Major depressive disorder is known for decompensation,

which means a significant mood impairment,

impairment, inability to feel motivated,

to feel pleasure, get out of bed, loss of appetite,

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