Most people in the grip of depression at its ghastliest are$$$ for whatever reason$$$ in a state of unrealistic hopelessness$$$ torn by exaggerated ills and fatal threats that bear no resemblance to actuality. It may require on the part of friends$$$ lovers$$$ family$$$ admirers$$$ an almost religious devotion to persuade the sufferers of life's worth$$$ which is so often in conflict with a sense of their own worthlessness$$$ but such devotion has prevented countless suicides.
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