"Major clinical depression is a serious, debilitating illness that intensely affects how you feel, think, and ultimately how you behave. Depression can last for years and without treatment can cause permanent disability. It is a profoundly painful, distressing disorder that rarely can be overcome without external help. No amount of 'pulling up your sock', true grit and determination, positive self talk, love and support will lift the dark veil of depression. It is an illness and it needs treatment."
-Courtesy of Mood Disorders Society of Canada |
