Sadness, feeling down and having a loss of interest in daily activities are very normal occurrences. However, if they persist and affect our life and well being in the long run, it may be *DEPRESSION*. Depression transcends conventional mood swings. In fact, if we really decide to unmask and define the phenomena, it would take the entire length of a university degree programme. Common in depression is extreme reliance on alcohol to "heal the pain" or on hard drugs to "bless the brain." Others include total withdrawal from peers and of course, *BEING SUICIDAL.* Every now and then, we get greeted by headlines of more and more suicide stories. More heartbreaking is the fact that those involved are predominantly young people. Crazily, our very myopic and judgmental selves are quick to condemn suicide victims, accusing them of taking a life they cannot make or causing more pain to the ones they left behind. We may be right, but then... *_"You cannot know the pain until you've been through one..."_* Digging out depressed people has never been an uphill task. They are all around us. Show some care. You may just be the reason why someone would look back one day and say... *_"I'm here today, and it's all because of you."_* THINK ABOUT IT 🤔 *©aghakc* 🔥✍🏾