The Depression Epidemic: Stats from the CDC
Statistics from the CDC about depression..as you may have suspected we have an epidemic on our hands. If this was a physical epidemic, you can bet that it would be headline news. But many people seem to think that psychological suffering is less of a priority than physical suffering.
https://www.cdc.gov/features/dsdepression/
Fortunately we can do a lot about it. In case you haven’t seen it, you can find lots of suggestions on this page:
https://www.pursuit-of-happiness.org/science-of-happiness/
If you get the blues one of my favorite suggestions is gardening. It fulfills three of the “correlates” of happiness: Exercise (and vitamin D), relationships (you can garden with a companion, including perhaps nature, a very attractive and patient partner), and “flow.” A lot if new studies on vitamin D and mood are coming out, take for example
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17138809