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DEPRESSION We all fall at a certain part of our lives. One moment we’re happy, the other we’re not. We attribute it to the “ups and downs” of the cycle of life. Some falls are harder to get out of than others. Sometimes, no matter how hard we try the “blues” don’t seem to get away. You can’t sleep or you sleep too much, you can’t concentrate, you find yourself overdoing it, then feel guilty. Does this situations sounds familiar to you? If it does, then you are in a case of depression, which isn’t just a mere case of the blues. Like diabetes, asthma, and heart diseases, depression is a medical illness that affects your body, moods, and thoughts. And like other medical cases you can’t just “shake” depression away like you can’t shake diabetes away. The brain produces “neurotransmitters” or chemical messengers that facili