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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I really hate this idea that something must be wrong in a family if a child has depression.  Most kids with depression come from loving, stable homes.  My DC had serious depression.  I've had serious depression.  There's obviously something genetic going on here.[/quote]
But what, if anything, were triggers or stressors?  Or did it just come out of no where (besides genetics)?  [/quote]

Why do you ask?  Are you trying to establish that this won't happen to your DC?  Looking for someone to blame?

This is one thing about depression -- it affects cognition.  It makes you think problems are overwhelming and hopeless.  This cognitive effect is one sign of depression.  Depression will attach to something.  So you start thinking your job is horrible and hopeless.  Is that the "trigger" for your depression, or is that your depression talking?  What is cause and effect?  Or you are rejected by a guy at school and you can't get over it.  Is the rejection the trigger or are you fixated and unable to get over it because of the cognitive effects of depression?[/quote]

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