for me, I was born with an inflammatory/autoimmune , skin disease that makes my life miserable most days. No cure for it, between the fatigue/discomfort  that brings combined with working 40 plus hours a week even though I’m mentally (sometimes physically) not fit to be working but I have to. im generally a pretty content, happy fellow, I’m just in no mental state to be working that many hours.p

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i dont Think I would be depressed if I did not have this crippling chronic disease/condition, but I guess I’ll never actually know. I’m just wondering everyone else’s story, are external factors causing your depression or in your case do you feel you are just wired that way?

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i truly appreciate any and all replies, I sincerely wish everyone belongin to this forum can find their way out of this uphill maze called depression.