Depression does not exist

Today, I will introduce an astonishing fact.

Depression does not exist.
It is not a mental disorder.

You may think it is ridiculous.　But it is the truth.

Exactly, depression is not a particular disease.
Depression is distinguished into 3 categories.

One is a psychosis. Actually, it is well known that some kind of psychosis cause severe depression. On the other hand, some patients with depression have hallucination or delusion. They are not depressive illness, but psychosis.

The second is bipolar disorders. Formerly, aｌｌ depression had been deemed to have manic phase potentially. Dr. Emil Kraepelin, a world famous psychiatrist also supported this hypothesis.

The third category is a depressive state as natural emotion. Everyone feels depressive when a bad event occurred. It is not an illness, but a rational change in emotion for self-defense. We must cry for help when be cornered. Malingering is included in this category.

Now I will declare that depression does not exist!


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