Help Wanted: Sincerely, Depressed

What is depression? 

There was a time when I would have described it as a choice… A bout brought on by people who couldn’t cope with life… An issue that emotional women dealt with.

Then I experienced depression…

… Is that what it is- an experience? Or perhaps it is a process?
Is it an inability to deal with circumstances? Or is it a personality type?
Is it a disease- a chemical imbalance? Or is it an emotional crisis?
Is it a sin? Or is it an affliction?

Yes. And no. All I know is the part depression played in my own story. And over two years later, even that is hazy. For though I have walked through multiple seasons of sadness that were directly linked to and explained by my circumstances, there was one year of my life when melancholy overtook me and- at the time- I had no idea why...

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