> IMO most cases of depression are caused by life events.
This is called "reactive depression". Do you have any real numbers, or are you just going by the people who you know? Some people mask their depression.
I'm not necessarily saying it does. There may be different types of depression. However I'm saying that this particular type of depression that I experienced definitely was extreme sadness, and it's pretty obvious that that is the case if you have experienced it. It's like saying that a colour is a slightly darker shade of blue.
>This is called "reactive depression". Do you have any real numbers, or are you just going by the people who you know
No, it is just an observation of people I know who have had depression.
I realise that my post does sound critical. Sorry for that -- I didn't intend that harshness.
The point I was making was to contradict the idea that it can _only_ be described as extreme sadness, but in no way discounts that as an experience.
Sorry you got downvoted for that, I for one found our different experiences of this disease quite interesting! Though I'd much rather nobody experienced it...
When someone says "all swans are white" someone saying "my swan was black" is useful because it makes you realise that maybe you're wrong and need to rethink. someone saying "my swan is white and I've seen some swans my friends own that are white" is less useful because it doesn't provide much on top of what you've already said.