Depression is a common occurrence that everyone has experienced in some way throughout the course of his or her lives - from feeling 'blue' to clinical depression. Depression is generally known as "the most common and oldest of all disorders" (Wright, 101) and is considered a crisis. It can happen to anyone regardless of age, sex, person, status or occupation, is one of the "most serious and prevalent mental disorders" and affects approximately 14 million people in …showed first 75 words of 1962 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1962 total…ago, some huge traumatic events caused me to go into a mild depression. I did go on medications to life the physical symptoms but I continued in counseling to deal with the issues causing the depression. Now I can recognize the signs that I need to watch for so that I don't go down the same path. Thankfully, with a lot of hard work, I am not depressed any longer and no longer require medications.