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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Have a teenage daughter (now 17) who was sexually assaulted at 15. Diagnosed with PTSD.
Therapy and meds, but depression is overwhelming.
Some days better than others. Some days are so awful it's unimaginable.
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I am so sorry. 
Your daughter's trauma is an example of the "enviornmental" source. 
School and/or family are the most common enviornmental factors.[/quote]

Although you are right in my daughter's case, I am not sure I subscribe to the idea that depression can't come out of nowhere and be related to nothing. I am not an expert, but I know a LOT of people who are depressed, and from what I can see (although obviously I am not super knowledgeable about their personal lives), I can see plenty of healthy, well adjusted families with kids who are depressed who I couldn't pinpont to anything family or school related.  From what i can see, the depressed teenager is the one who creates total nightmares in the lives of their loving, supportive families.  I dont know what "environmental" triggers means, are you speaking of things like chemical triggers? (food additives etc??)

I came from a completely crazy dysfunctional family, and neither me nor my siblings suffer from depression.

All I know is that depression is an absolute nightmare...and not only for the teenager suffering, but it turns the lives of everyone around them completely upside down.  [/quote]

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