A lot of people are more depressed than they realize, but because we picture depression as a state of pain or evil, we tend to see it as a zone that is meant for some type of people in the society.
Being excessively conscious about life, being deeply aware, thinking about things that the average people don't, looking at life from a realistic rather than position point of view is a mild form of depression, that can actually graduate to something more severe.
Being aware is a proof of our consciousness, without that we can't think, deduce, reason or even come to any form of conclusions.
Without our consciousness we're nothing, sometimes people don't even pay deep attention to their consciousness, they're just living, breathing, working attending parties and functions without stopping to self reflect, indulge in women deep thinking and understand their realites differently.
The only time people do this is when they're stopped in their track by some tragic events in life, and they begin to think deeper.
Deep thinking & depression
A lot of deep thinkers are depressed, because they're applying or using their highest form of self awareness, applying it generally to life, but depression is always likened to a state of mental disorder and this is why people would rather not admit they're depressed, because of the stigma, stereotype and label that's attached to it. While in reality, depression is just a phase of sadness, only that it this time you're in that state of sadness for longer periods of time.
When people are broke for long, they're depressed, a person chronically sick is the same, and even someone who suffering the loss of a loved one. Pain varies in degree, and while people are expected to be sad today but already happy by tomorrow, reality is quite different.
A person can be sad for 90% of their lives more than they can be 90% happy all their lives, and this possible when people begin to think critically or deeply. In my opinion the reason why we have some nabr drinking houses and party center is because these places helps people ro escape deep thinking.
This is why a substance like alcohol (when taken in abundance) numbs the brain. It takes you away from a place of intentional things, you're unaware, living in a state of nothingness, feeling nothing but heaviness and a little sense of goodness.
Even without alcohol, most people who are regular lifers, vacationists or those setting out to simply enjoy their lives are always happy, and you will be surprised that some of these people may have money and other good things of life but they're still depressed or unhappy.
This is why businesses that are built to please people are psychological more than regular. A person eats to stay alive, so a restaurant is not one of such places, but a drinking place is one of such. This is why places of pressures has been in existence since the 15th century in different continents. These business are tailored to make people shallow thinkers even if it's for a brief period of time.
Although we don't originally need people to be happy when doing their jobs or being mentally alert, overly or excessively happy people can still perform optimally, but chronically sad people cannot. This is why man designed more places to make himself happy and less aware.
This is reality because, when people are unhappy they generally don't do the thing they love doing, they're withdrawn and are thinking deeply, these thoughts occupies their mind so much that they begin to lose focus, their mind is not as sharp, they cannot do their jobs properly, they're always lost in thoughts so much that they cannot have proper conversations anymore.
The money depression
Nowadays I can say the thing that makes people more depressed in this modern era is not having money. This is because the 21st century is tailored or optimized to be money driven.
In the 15 or 16th century it could be different things entirely and this will be equally different as the 10th century. I'm not saying depressed people can't be rich, of course, chronic depression that might not be clinically spelled might come from so many things, but imagine feeling pressure and ache from having no money no matter how hard you've tried.
Broke people are the most self aware, because they're constantly plugged in to the depth of their self awareness. If you're someone who thinks deeply, maybe more than anyone on their circle, then you might be depressed and you don't even know it.