Depression - A mental health disorder characterized by persistently depressed mood or loss of interest in activities, causing significant impairment in daily life. ------------------------ Living with depression as a teenager can be excruciatingly painful. Imagine you're constantly drowning in your own train of thought. It's so hard to deal with that your only way of getting away from it is disassociating yourself from reality through harming your own body. This is what Taylor lives with every day.