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Age and Depression?

If you've been diagnosed with depression since a young age, do you find that it has gotten worse as you get older, about the same or are you doing better (hopefully)?
 
I was never diagnosed with depression at a young age, it wasn't until I was in my mid to late 20s that I became aware that I was depressed but that had a lot to do with the fact that I was in a mentally abusive relationship at the time.

Unfortunately, that has left me with some mental health issues one of them being depression so I would say it has got worse since I got older but I am finding it easier to manage.
 
I have also been diagnosed since a very young age (about 7 or 8) - it has gotten worse...and better as I got older, if that makes any sense at all.

Less frequent but more severe.
 
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