Depression is a worn-out word these days. Sports fans are “depressed” after their team loses. Much news reporting is criticized for being “depressing.” The blogosphere and social media sites are clogged with every conceivable cause of and cure for depression.
As happens with most overused words, the real meaning of this one is fast becoming vague and abstract to many people, although not to the millions of Americans who suffer from the all-too-real effects of emotional depression every year.
