Severities Of Depression

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Depression has different severities for different people. My depression is mild and does not have a huge overall impact on my life. Due to the fact that I consider it to be mild I have never wanted to consider using medications to treat it. My depression seems to be becoming stronger and I would like to find a way to treat it in the most effective way that may not necessarily involve medications. The main reason I would like to avoid using medication to treat my depression is that the process of beginning a mediation can be difficult and take time to get the correct doses. Through the research for this project I would like to find out if there are other forms of treatment that can be just as effective, or more, than the traditional form of

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