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Just as a stressful life can make you depressed, continuing exposure to stressors maintains depression.

Jonathan Rottenberg , in The Depths: The Evolutionary Origins of the Depression Epidemic
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Fear of a bully, fear of a volcano; the power within you does not distinguish. It does not recognize degree.

N.K. Jemisin , in The Fifth Season
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Trauma is any stressor that occurs in a sudden and forceful way and is experienced as overwhelming.

Stephanie S. Covington
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