....well Andre I can understand your views since you have "yet to experience the absolute worse of it all personally" it seems to the people who haven't experienced it that depression is "feeling sorry for yourself"....for the most part it's passed down genetically but some people just aren't able to deal with the troubles they have had in their lives be it one BIG issue or lots of lingering little issues.

It can begin by getting stuck in a rut with your life but if you have bad coping skills you can go downhill fast and for seemingly no reason.