Today we’re continuing our ongoing series on “Who Am I” by focusing on a huge topic: depressed mood, including clinical depression. Today's episode is the first of two parts, and explores what depression is, where it comes from, and how it differs from sadness.

Depression and depressed mood are major problems for many people, and the material we’re going to get into today will be sensitive in nature. If this is sensitive territory for you, please be kind to yourself. Feel free to skip around or turn off the episode altogether.

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Key Topics:

03:12: What is the difference between "feeling down" and clinical depression?
07:03: How can someone tell if they’re depressed?
20:29: What is the difference between depression and sadness?
27:30: Where does depression come from?
38:10: Recap

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