I would wonder if you think he is sincere when he professes his affection to you. I would be very curious to know if the two of you have talked about this and what his thoughts are. Through such open dialogue, people are sometimes able to use a caring, warm safe relationship as a springboard for personal growth. If you have experienced five or more of these symptoms during a two week period, then you meet the criteria for depression. Depression is the most common form of mental illness and afflicts one in ten Americans at any given time and roughly a third sometime in their lifetime.
Women are twice as likely as men to become depressed.
The World Health Organization has ranked depression the fourth debilitating condition behind heart disease, cancer and traffic accidents. They predict that by the year 2020, it will rise to the second most debilitating condition. Thank you for all the great questions. It is always a pleasure having you and Dr. Tigay on as WebMD guests. We would like to thank the audience for all of the great questions.