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Think about something you love to do. It could be drawing or soccer. It could be going on a hike, watching a movie, or just hanging out with your best friend. It could be anything. Just picture yourself doing that activity. Think about how good you feel when you do it. Now picture yourself doing that same activity, but imagine the good feelings are not there. The activity that you normally enjoy no longer makes you happy. Even something great, like scoring a goal or drawing a perfect picture, doesn’t give you the happiness it normally would. Your best friend’s jokes aren’t funny; your favorite movie now just seems stupid. Imagine that all the good stuff just feels like . . . nothing. This is sort of what it feels like to be depressed. More Than Sad The verb to depress means “to push something down.” That makes sense, because people who have depression tend to

Being depressed is not quite the same as being sad.