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Step 4: Read and complete the decision guide to learn more about your symptoms.

Depression

Although you may not rate your depressive symptoms as severe, please don't dismiss the symptoms as insignificant. Mild to moderate depression, if it lasts a long time, can take a big bite out of a person's life.

Some people with this type of depression feel they don't have a real reason to seek help. They feel that they should grind through it, rather than show weakness.

But treatment for mild to moderate depression can be very helpful.

Some people are depressed all the time. Some have periods of depression that come and go. Please consider which fits best for you by answering the question below.

Are you depressed all the time or almost all the time, or do you have separate periods of depression that come and go?

I am depressed most of the time.

My depression comes and goes.

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