Depression gets talked about like it’s just sadness, but the reality is messier and more important. Sometimes it shows up as irritability, numbness, exhaustion, lost motivation, or a teen who can’t seem to care about anything they used to love. We wanted a clearer map, so we sat down with our resident expert, Dr. Peter Montminy, to break down what depression is, what it isn’t, and how to tell when a normal dip has crossed into something that needs real support. We walk through depression on ...