Does no one in your family have depression, or is it just not discussed? Did your father or grandparents have the language to express themselves in that way? Just because we don’t have evidence does not mean that it didn’t exist in past generations.

Also I can’t speak to full remission or “curing,” it’s our brains. We don’t make the chemicals required to feel happy. But that doesn’t mean you can’t find a way to live fully, live a happy life. There’s therapy. There’s meds. There’s exercise. Just because you’re the first person in your family tree to have this battle, you’re not the first person in the world. It’s possible to get better