Resolved Question

Forty years ago.....it was not discussed...you felt blue.
Today I would venture to say...everyone suffers from a form of it.
Technology and the pressures of society has caused a universal ailment? Your take on this subject?

I think that its simply better understood today. Psychology is not quite as advanced as the other medical sciences. Now psychological issues are categorized, subdivided, and defined, like ADD, ADHD, OCD, or the differences between schizoaffective and schizophrenic.

While medication for all these things does not come without consequences for all people, it does help when applied with therapy.

While I'm practically a luddite myself, I don't think technology has causes more depression, I do think the breakdown of the family unit and lack of community in modern society had made depression more widespread, as people lack traditional support structures growing up.

Kessie, depression is a term for "the blues", but there are many types. Most people don't need any treatment for a temporary depression.