I’m depressed plus I’m having increased negative symptoms due to the possible complications from my inner ear tumor surgery I will have. I was depressed all through High School. I do believe that situational depression exists. I’ve lived it and plus it would not be a phrase if it didn’t exist. I don’t see the use in making up “situational depression” for no reason.
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You’re not wrong. I feel the same way. I struggle with depression and OCD and people too frequently use those two major symptoms for everyday anxieties. I always want to tell someone who says they are 'depressed about something - "dude, you don’t EVEN know. 
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Yeah, but if it’s situational depression, you are no longer depressed when the situation resolves itself.
Why does some depression persist throughout much of life, despite the environment.
I wasn’t surprised to learn my great grandmother had lived her remaining years in a mental hospital, all due to “Melancholy,” which is a fancy term for depression.
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Yeah there’s a difference. I agree. It’s clinical depression to be depressed with no rhyme or reason and it’s usually off brain chemicals. Today is one of those days for me. I might for example mention things that make me sad or don’t help the situation but the main problem is- brain chemistry
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