One out of every four women, and one out of every seven men, become clinically depressed at some point in their lives. Depression can be fatal as it is the primary cause of suicide. Depression is the reason for multitudes of medical visits and tests that bear no diagnostic results. People lose their jobs over depression, marriages fail as people seek satisfaction elsewhere to make them feel better and it is often the root behind alcoholism, withdrawal and teenage rebellion . There are cases where individuals have chemical imbalances that lead to depression.
Depression is often the result of trauma, loss or adjustment.
Trauma or neglect during childhood can trigger depression at the time or later in life. There are, generally speaking, four kinds of depression. This is a short-lived emotional state of 'feeling down', and it generally comes and goes. People experience a loss of energy, spend time working through a loss or problem and find less enjoyment in life. As the loss is processed, or the problem resolved, they come out of it.