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<\/p>\nOne of the phrases I often throw about on my blog is the concept of the depression spectrum. \u00a0For many people I think that’s a difficult thing to visualize as the types of depression aren’t simply a linear scale of increasing severity but a span going from two different extremes.<\/p>\n
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This was one of the best examples I could find. I suffer from dysthymia (Persistent Depressive Disorder) seen wedged between major depressive disorder and normal mood. My mood essentially hovers in in that blue zone, very rarely do I feel what most people think of as ‘normal’. I have on at least two occasions suffered a major depressive episode, both stemming from very severe stressors in my life. More wide varying\u00a0forms such as cyclothymia and bipolar I\/II disorder can span the emotional gamut and the up\/down cycle can be very difficult to predict and deal with. Major depression meanwhile is often what people think of when hearing phrases like ‘crippling depression’.<\/p>\n
The one thing I’d want folks to understand is that depression isn’t a strict scale from 1 to 10 and that varying types of depression present with a wide range of mood levels.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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