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Feeling depressed
Persistent depressed mood (chronic depressed mood, or dysthymia) is a condition in which a person has depressed symptoms but not severe enough to be called "major depression". For a long time, the person may feel sad, hopeless, helpless, worthless, irritable, etc...
Dr. Keegan Duchicela reviewed this
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