For anyone who has ever struggled with depression in their own life, or via the life of a loved one....I stumbled across this post and found it insightful and real. Check it out: http://therinrins.typepad.com/our_little_life/2008/08/im-going-to-talk-about-depression.html
Whether circumstancial...or hormonal....or chemical......it's real, it's hard and it's like a silent taboo version of a cancer. I can't imagine a human being who hasn't been affected by this, one way or another.
(I hope she doesn't mind me - a stranger - linking this! She's a great writer. And the picture-evolution analogy is so cool)