There is still a lot of stigma attached to mental illness, especially where women are involved. It's hard to fight that 'hysteria' label that Freud made so popular. And too often people suffering from depression are told to just get over it. Depression can cause all sorts of physical symptoms that doctors can't diagnose as anything, so it becomes 'all in your head' and not real. But I can tell you from working as a psychiatric nurse for a lot of years that it is real.
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