Everyone gets depressed at times - even our most cheerful friends. I’ve had to deal with depression and many of you had to deal with depression too. I was asked once more to deal depression this morning when one of my dear friends texted me that she was depressed. To help her deal with depression I quickly did the following. To deal with my depressed friend, I had to understand what depression is and what causes depression. The Merriam-Webster’s 11th Collegiate Dictionary defines depression as “a psychoneurotic or psychotic disorder marked especially by sadness, inactivity, difficulty in thinking and concentration, a significant increase or decrease in appetite and time spent sleeping, feelings of dejection and hopelessness, and sometimes suicidal tendencies”. In my own words, I say depression is a condition or phase which people go through during which they feel sad, lose their appetite, feel unmotivated to do anything and/or show other signs that they are down. Depression is som...