I love my mom and don't want her to fell gelty in any way by thanking she passed it on or something.

How old are you, and how long have you been feeling this way?

Is your mom getting therapy and seeing a doctor and/or taking meds?

Being depressed can be very crippling. If you are both depressed you need to be honest with your mum. It's difficult but you can re assure her that your depression isn't her fault.

Tacking steps to beat depression can be hard but I think you need medical advise, that is the first step admitting you have a problem and seeking to deal with it.

I was depressed for about 7 years and I couldn't work out the cause for it, there really was just no reason but I could not get out of bed or face the world. It was terrible.

Go to your doctor and try persiption drugs I found fluxetine worked well for me, I didn't want to take them at first for a fear of fealing synthetically happy. This to me would not be good.

What the drug did for me was to put my life in stock, things that troubled me or weighed me down was easyer to put into perspective.

There are many drugs that can be used, but you need to speak to your doctor to work out which ones will suit you the best.

Good luck to both of you, you can beat it.

It depends a lot on your living situation. The key, - out of my own experience - is to break out of the routine that you both live in. Depression often has something to do with the absence of any joy in a person's life. Or at least the perseption of the of it. Of course it is hard to judge because I don't know much. I had the same in februari, and am now recovering,

Try to find a little light in your life, a light that can push away the shadow. Remember, every light casts a shadow, the bigger the light, the smaller the shadow, so its up to you in how large you will make that little fire,