Is depression real?
People talk about depression every day. They might use the term in a casual conversation, joke about it, or question if someone actually has it. Not many people know what depression really is. I am no expert, but let me give you my basic understanding of what depression is. Let me start off by saying, hormones are normal. Hormonal fluctuations happen every now and then, and even more frequently in teenagers, causing them to have frequent mood swings. For no reason, you may feel happy, or you may feel sad. But what if you start feeling sad for a very long time? What if this feeling is so overwhelming that you cannot focus on anything? What if it causes your eating habits and sleeping patterns to change? If you cannot shake it off and cannot stop thinking about it, then you may have depression. Depression is real, and it is a mental illness which can usually be cured. It is caused simply by the lack of a hormone called serotonin, in the same way diabetes is caused by the lack of a hormon...