Hermes
Member
I was looking at this website:
Aware- Helping Defeat Depression
"400,000 people experience the condition at any one time in Ireland; the fact that 1 in 10 adolescents aged 13 - 19 experience a major depression."
(That's nearly 10% of the population of the country!)
"For some people reactive depression can follow even minor set-backs, as the individual's personality leaves them particularly vulnerable to disappointments. "
I gather that some people are more resilient than others. Everyone faces setbacks, not to mention trauma, in life, and yet not everyone becomes depressed.
What sets apart those who can deal with life, its unfairness, its often great difficulties, and those who cannot?
Is there an inherited tendency to depression?
Hermes
Aware- Helping Defeat Depression
"400,000 people experience the condition at any one time in Ireland; the fact that 1 in 10 adolescents aged 13 - 19 experience a major depression."
(That's nearly 10% of the population of the country!)
"For some people reactive depression can follow even minor set-backs, as the individual's personality leaves them particularly vulnerable to disappointments. "
I gather that some people are more resilient than others. Everyone faces setbacks, not to mention trauma, in life, and yet not everyone becomes depressed.
What sets apart those who can deal with life, its unfairness, its often great difficulties, and those who cannot?
Is there an inherited tendency to depression?
Hermes