Originally Posted by
Only-virgins 
It isn't a disorder, it was a car crash. An external event that caused your life to SUCK more and you to hate it and thus be depressed.
No, that is a "trigger". Very often, depressive phases are kicked off by a triggering event, but they aren't actually the cause.
OV, are you one of those people who won't discuss the mind because it doesn't exist, scientifically? You should at least acknowledge that brain chemistry dictates how a person can or cannot function.
Question for Mish: how does doing "work" in therapy affect the depression cycle? It seems like rumination and processing trauma are quite similar, actually.