If only in it's mildest forms, everyone has felt depressed at one time or another. Sometimes we just simply feel sad, blue, downhearted, discouraged or unhappy.
Women are about twice as likely to be depressed as men.
And as we grow older we have a higher risk of becoming depressed. Life is sometimes painful as everyone knows. Sometimes we just don't succeed at what we are trying to do at home, school, in personal relationships and it hurts. Being depressed is a normal response to problems we don't feel capable of solving well. We become depressed when we suffer some loss, have unresolved anger, guilt, and fear.