About Depression
About depression Depression, that’s what I got; a depression. I felt the need to write about this topic, because I think there are a lot of taboos around depression. It is the disease that most affects society today and antidepressants are the most sold drugs in Portuguese Pharmacies. I don’t think there is anyone who doesn’t know someone, or even has a family member, who suffers from depression, so why not write about it? It seems that there is no exact way to define the causes of depression, however there are many ways to manifest it, and yes, it is an illness. The part of the body that gets sick isn’t the leg, the intestines or the liver, it’s the brain, as simple as that. I have met many people who are in contact with depression, a disease that has led me to make some changes in my life. Like all choices in life, changes always have two sides, some things are lost, others are gained. From my personal experience, I learned that: Depression is …