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Depressed people often have trouble performing everyday activities, they can’t concentrate on their work, they tend to socially isolate themselves, they are lethargic, and they often lose the ability to take pleasure from such activities such as eating and sex. Some can plunge into severe, lengthy, and even life-threatening bouts of depression.

So what could be so useful about depression? Depressed people often think intensely about their problems. These thoughts are called ruminations; they are persistent and depressed people have difficulty thinking about anything else. Numerous studies have also shown that this thinking style is often highly analytical. They dwell on a complex problem, breaking it down into smaller components, which are considered one at a time...

—Depression's Evolutionary Roots

The juggling of *problems* is the hardest thing right now.

Trying to get jobs, creative and not so creative.

Circling a strategy for a move. Reconciling the idea of having roommates again.

The pending money pit of the next few months.

Other social engagements that are hard to think about right now.