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People who have depression generally seem withdrawn, and like they don't care about anything anymore. They are sad most of the time, not necessarily because of a recent event that happened, but just sometimes, for what seems like, "no reason". But the reason is that they might have clinical depression. The definition of clinical depression is a sadness that is chronic, and requires medical attention.

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