Do you think depression could be contagious......?

because it seems to be in epidemic proportions these days.
What do you think could be the underlying cause?

I am not quite sure if the actual illness of Depression is contagious but I know the mood and emotion of depression is.

If you are around someone who is happy you will most likely feel happy around them.

If you later then are around someone who is feeling down or depressed then after a while if their mood doesn't change to your happy, you will soon start to feel depressed as well.

It isn't contagious, but people are living wrong. They eat too much and don't exercise enough. They work too much and overschedule their lives. They have no inner peace. They are mean and hateful and wonder why they aren't happy. They also think the world should be handed to them on a silver platter. They have a sense of entitlement and are disappointed when no one gives them what they want without them working for it. They were spoiled brats as children and they are spoiled whining brats as adults. They were praised when they did the minimum in school and protected from actually having to work hard at anything. They do not have the skills to be happy. JMO.

Is not exactly contagious, like most contagious diseases.
When somebody I know feels depressed, that does not make me depressed.
It is the world in which we live. It's all about money.
We don't respect people who don't have or make any money.
Sincerely, this is why I get depressed. I don't work and I'm pretty happy with that. However, when I get criticized for not working. it makes depressed. like if I was doing something bad.
Every morning I feel so grateful for being able to sleep in, then somebody comes home or calls me telling me-You gotta get out there, do something.-
I think people are not happy when others are doing well.


The underlying cause is that we suck as humans.
I don't see a good future for the human race.

by the way I'm retired and I'm 43

Well when someone is depressed it makes the people around them feel unhappy and treat people bad.
If you have ever gone to someone's house that has just lost someone you may feel unhappy.
Sometimes its just the body mind connection that makes you feel sad/depressed.

I think it may be caused by the additives they put in all the foods. They inject stuff to make cows, chickens, turkeys, and pigs grow bigger then we eat that stuff. What is it doing to us?
Even vegetables are not safe from the chemicals.
And dry goods all have preservatives to make them last longer on the shelf.

I think that if one of your family members or your friends is depressed then it can cause everyone around them to be sad or depressed because they want their friend 2 b happy and depression hurts everyone not just the 1 who has it.

I do think, that if one of my close friends in depressed it does effect me, and vise versa.

yes if you surround yourself around depressed people u will eventually be depressed