Some Stats from the World Health Organization

I found this very informative.

• One hundred and twenty one million people suffer from depression.
• Less than 25% of those individuals have access to medicine for relief.
• In the United Stated an estimate of 14.8 to 19 million suffer from some kind of clinical depression.
• Today the estimate is 26.2%, or approximately 58 million people in this country suffer from mood disorders (up from 6% in the past).
• Woman  have more cause for depression than men.
• 65+ year olds commit suicide at a higher rate than ever before.
• Addiction problems begin with people who suffer from some type of depression.
• Men are more likely to be addicts than women.
• Drinking is a symptom of depression.
• 90% of suicides have a diagnosable mental condition.

"Really, what this all boils down to is that there is chemicals lacking in the brain. It is a fact that the stress and issues with the brain just do not get better or go away. They continue to get worse over time, if they are not addressed."

We should remember that it is not our fault and that we do not have a weakness. It is a lack of minerals in the brain.

Depression is a feeling of sadness “blue,” miserable, angry. Stress continues to work on chemicals of the brain, causing it to accelerate. Ninety-nine percent of people, at some point, feel this way. They feel agitated, difficulty concentrating, lack of energy and trouble sleeping.

People are looking for help:

• 2.5 million websites talk about post-partum depression.  
• 73 million websites talk about mood disorder vs. 63 million that talk about diets

People just like us want to feel better.