Yeah, as a lifelong suffered of major depression (from the time I was a small child at least) I've been dogged by this word since forever. And while major depression is my 'official' diagnosis on paper, as you've rightly pointed out, anxiety is so tied in to it (plus so many of us with depression are also trauma survivors and PTSD, and all of these things feed off of and into one another).
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Great, thoughtful post. Thank you for sharing.