The word “depression” is used for both a long lasting bad mood and a disease that destroys lives, which many people don’t even know about. There is a persistent myth that depression is something you can read of, by just “cheering up” and “pulling yourself together”. Professor Robert Sapolsky, who admits to being a depressive person himself, explains the dangers of this attitude and what can actually help to get better.

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