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Antidepressants can help those who are clinically depressed, of course, although counseling tends to be very helpful as well. For minor to moderate depression, counselling is usually at least as effective as medication.
 
The major signs of depression, copied over from [[Useful Notes/Suicide (band)|the Useful Notes page on suicide]]'s overview of depression, are as follows:
 
* '''Persistent feelings of sadness or worthlessness, for at least two weeks.''' (Obvious sign of depression.) A common description by sufferers is that they feel "empty" or "hollow" inside. Unfortunately with teens, it is often dismissed as typical moodiness. This leads to the perfect storm of feeding their self-destructive thoughts, making them reluctant to seek help from adults, and instilling the belief that they have to ''prove'' their unhappiness is genuine--regrettably, [[Gone Horribly Right|some of those attempts work]].
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** Bipolar I's other side is mania, the polar opposite of depression. Mania is an illness in and of itself, and arguably one even more destructive than depression because it tends to lead to far more dangerous and/or irresponsible behavior at its extremes, which Bipolar I sufferers tend to have.
** Bipolar II or cyclothymia alternate sometimes severe depressions with mildly manic (in Bipolar II) or ''normal and healthy'' (in cyclothymia). These periods of "relief" do ''not'' make the depressions any less "real" or any less disabling.
** In a similar vein, there are types of depression that are dependent on [[Trigger/Useful Notes/Trigger|triggers]]. These are generally associated with PTSD, complex PTSD, and complicated grief (though sometimes a trigger can switch a BPII or cyclothymia sufferer to a depressive cycle). Sufferers of these types of depression are often very likely to be dismissed, mocked, or considered to be lying because they often seem like mentally healthy people unless they are in a situation where the trigger is unavoidable. This may prove a major problem for those whose triggers involve things in traditional workplace or family situations - they can be considered "lazy" for not working certain types of jobs or [[Childfree Is Not Allowed|inferior for not wanting a traditional family situation]], and the scorn and disgust this earns destroys self-worth and can make the depression spread from the triggers to a far more generalized depressive condition.
** For ''many'' depression sufferers, the depressions can go away (generally when being treated and/or not under stress) and come back (when treatment is ended or fails, or when a painful/stressful life event happens). Depression is generally a "relapsing-remitting" condition.
** Finally, for some who have uteri, depression symptoms can be tied to the menstrual cycle or to pregnancy. Note the existence of PMDD and postpartum depression.
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