Depression is commonly perceived as a form of sadness, where you’re crying constantly. Not true. You don’t cry. You just feel numb, all the time. You wake up in the morning and want to crawl back into bed almost immediately. You feel like you’re stuck in a deep hole, from which you can’t climb out.
Sadly, it afflicts too many people: 1 in 6 Americans, and 121 million worldwide, are diagnosed with major depression in their lifetime. Worse, 2 out of 3 persons don’t receive appropriate treatment. Read all about this dreaded disease in this infographic.
What is Major Depression?
Infographic by – GME