Language is only an approximation of reality. I say "situation depression is THIS, and clinical depression is THAT", and I make these definitional categories and stuff.
Of course, real life doesn't fit neatly into boxes. And there can be all sorts of stuff that's in between the two categories.
So, I can say that "clinical depression is when nothing triggers it, and situational depression is when something serious triggers it," but, in reality, there are all sorts of things in the middle.
Like having depression triggered by actual stuff, but the kinds of actual stuff that happens several times a year, rather than several times in your life.
Is that situational? Yes. Is that clinical? Yes. It doesn't fit neatly into boxes, because life doesn't fit neatly into boxes. But if it fucks up your life, it's definitely worth treating until it DOESN'T fuck up your life.
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Of course, real life doesn't fit neatly into boxes. And there can be all sorts of stuff that's in between the two categories.
So, I can say that "clinical depression is when nothing triggers it, and situational depression is when something serious triggers it," but, in reality, there are all sorts of things in the middle.
Like having depression triggered by actual stuff, but the kinds of actual stuff that happens several times a year, rather than several times in your life.
Is that situational? Yes. Is that clinical? Yes. It doesn't fit neatly into boxes, because life doesn't fit neatly into boxes. But if it fucks up your life, it's definitely worth treating until it DOESN'T fuck up your life.