What is the difference between minor depression and major depression ?
Isn’t a depression just a depression
I was diagnosed with major depression.
What’s the difference
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Isn’t a depression just a depression
I was diagnosed with major depression.
What’s the difference
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This is the way I’ve always seen it:
Minor depression – a feeling of sadness caused by an event, but the feeling will pass. Eg, someone’s parent might die and they will feel very depressed for a while, but they will not need medication or therapy to feel better.
Major depression – a feeling of sadness with no apparent cause that is constant and lasts for months. Only medication and/or therapy can treat it. For example, a person might feel very sad all the time for a month even though nothing is really wrong in their life, because they have a chemical imbalance; a lack of a substance called ‘seratonin’, and this causes the depression.