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overwhelming depression that she experiences.
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And it is true that there is this continuum from
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getting bummed out because you didn't do well on a test
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or because you broke up with a boyfriend or girlfriend
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or something like this and being completely not functional,
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vegetative, the way that this woman becomes whenever she gets depressed.
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And it would be nice if we were really sure
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where the cutoff was between those normal everyday depressions
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and what's really a disorder.
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But the reality is we don't really have real clear demarcation lines.
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There are a lot of people who have more moderate forms of depression
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than Tara here talks about but who still would qualify for a diagnosis