Link – Dealing With Depression: What You Need to Know

ByMikeM Reading Time: 1 minute

This is the most important thing –

If you are dealing with depression, remember that you are not alone. More than 300 million people around the world live with depression. It is the leading cause of disability.

I’m glad they started the article with that, because it is vital to understand that everything that follows in the article about what kinds of help to look for, and other things you can do for yourself, is predicated on you believing that these things work, because others have been down that road too.

https://www.talkspace.com/blog/2017/04/dealing-depression-need-know/

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