Depression

Polite Scott lets us know that this Friday is National Depression Screening Day, when doctors are encouraged to screen their patients for depression. Scott also posts a great PSA about mental illness, and directs people to the Zung Questionnaire, which is a very basic test to see if you suffer from depression.

Depression is an illness I'm intimately familiar with, as I've been diagnosed with it for well over a decade now, but I've struggled with it my entire life. Clinical depression is not something you can simply shake off, despite what some idiots will say. If you take that questionnaire and score higher than 50, you should see a doctor. It's better than living in a haze for the rest of your life.

Trust me. I know.