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CW: depression, psychiatric medications, suicide Around 16 million adults of all backgrounds will experience depression in their lifetimes- that's 7% of the world's population ( NAMI ). Depression is more than just feeling sad once in a while. It's a serious mental health condition that impacts the ability of those affected to do daily tasks, work, sustain relationships, and otherwise engage in their lives. Depression can cause sleeping too little, sleeping too much, eating too little, eating too much, agitated movement, thoughts of self harm or suicide, feelings of guilt or hopelessness, difficulty focusing, executive dysfunction, loss of energy, physical aches and pains, and other symptoms ( NAMI ). I experience severe depression when I am not taking antidepressants, to the point of being unable to get out of bed and feeling nearly constantly suicidal and more mild depression when I'm on antidepressants. There are a number of things you can try to help combat depre...