[savagesusie]

Doctors didn't say, "So and so is born with depression, it's natural so it's okay.

I do not believe that. I believe depression is a learned response also to the environment....granted, diet, lack of minerals, vitamins have more of an effect but getting depressed about things IS normal, BUT one has to learn how to deal with the situations in a way where they don't dwell on it for days, etc.

[LauraleeBraswell]

Everyone gets the blues. But as an individual who suffers from medically diagnosed depression, I can tell you that it is a serious chemical and hormonal imbalance. It is in no way a learned response.

Everything could be just fine and dandy. I would be out with my friends at a party, and I would just be Depressed for NO reason.
When you suffer from Depression your whole way of thinking is warped. It's as if your world has turned blue and gray. You can't be happy.