Do you consider depression to be a more rampant issue of modern times? (Have you ever experienced this phenomenon?) If so, how long was it till you felt better? ——— I have suffered from clinical depression between when I was 13 up to when I was 25. I periodically still experience minor episodes, but I am better now. I do not know whether depression is more common today or whether it is just better conceptualized and spotted. I think depression is a common dysfunction that occurs for natural reasons and is probably nothing special to our time, nor to our species.