I couldn't enjoy life like my friends did anymore. College was harder than I expected, and then my parents divorced, which was traumatic for me. After a while, all I did was cry, sleep, and feel waves of panic. College offers new experiences and challenges. This can be exciting - it can also be stressful and make you, or someone you know, feel sad.
Clinical depression is a common, frequently unrecognized illness that can be effectively treated.
Clinical depression can affect your body, mood, thoughts, and behavior. It can change your eating habits, how you feel and think about things, your ability to work and study, and how you interact with people. Clinical depression is not a passing mood, a sign of personal weakness or a condition that can be willed away. Depression can be successfully treated by a mental health professional or certain health care providers. And many people begin to feel better in just a few weeks.