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How can you overcome hopelessness and despair?
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Hopeless despair: These kinds of feelings can be part of major depressive disorder, a condition which is certainly treatable with psychotherapy and antidepressant medications. There are other possible causes also. Please see a psychiatrist for an evaluation and treatment. You may also need some lab studies to check for other medical conditions which can result in depressive feelings -- but these are easy to get.
Answered 5/26/2014
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