Depression as a term often gets thrown about a lot to describe an emotional outlook. Sadness, grief, disappointment, feeling lonely, all these outlooks can be — and often are — labeled as a depressed state. It’s an inaccuracy. In fact, depression is a specific mental health condition with a specific set of symptoms. If for no other reason than treatment purposes, it’s important to keep the meaning of depression genuine.There are actually various types of depression, something most people — even those who have some understanding of depression — would probably be surprised at. The most common depression type is dysthymia. Dysthymia is characterized by long-term, chronic depressive symptoms, though dysthymia symptoms never reach the point of becoming disabling. Though it is not disabling, dysthymia does affect life quality, and can and does prevent an optimal outlook.A second depression type is major depression. Unlike dysthymia, major depression does reach disabling levels. Where chronic depressive symptoms may go on for long periods at unpleasant levels, symptoms in a major depression are so significant that normal functioning becomes seriously affected. Major depression typically occurs episodically, not chronically, perhaps due to the fact that major depression often demands treatment intervention and can’t be […]

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