How depression affects everybody else

That is true, but it can be avoided i believe. I have learned that depression comes with age and with certain bodily conditions. I am sure you have heard the postpartum depression. Also, women who are in the menopausal stage suffers from depression. I am one of them, but i only get depressed when i am at home when i am not busy. So for me to avoid from being depressed is to keep myself busy. Also, being with younger and happy persons can help keep depression away. according to medicine, depression can be caused by hormonal change, in giving birth, there is a sudden hormonal change that affects our mental state. In menopausal stage too, wherein the ovary that produces female hormones, estrogen and progesterone are becoming less and less active. The gradual loss of youthfulness is also depressing to women. Well, for me, it is only the affected person who can do something about it. Talking it out with somebody who is willing to listen can help a lot, socializing, being busy with a hobby, going shopping if you have lots of money and traveling.

I think perhaps yes, Depression can be contagious. Maybe that's why it's running rampant these days. There's also a genetic component to Depression. If someone in the family is diagnosed with a mental illness, then it's highly probable that someone else in the family will be diagnosed in the future because mental illness can run in families. Both of my cousins have bi-polar disorder, and I was diagnosed with Major Depressive Disorder and Social Anxiety Disorder. Now that I've been in therapy for awhile, I'm wondering if my sister could possibly have an undiagnosed case of Social Anxiety Disorder as well.

its not like a virus that lasts a few days and then its gone and it is not passed around like a virus either. it can be seen through families and passed through genes like any other disease.