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Old 03-26-2007, 08:38 PM   #10 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by joelyle View Post
a helpful definition of depression I have heard recently:

....anger turned inward.

I don't believe it is hereditiary. It is learned by example.

I didn't believe it was hereditary either until I went to a psychiatrist and he asked me to fill out a form which included the mental health background of my immediate and extended family. When I needed a second page for this--just from the relatives I know--I started to think there might be something to the hereditary aspect...
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