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Feeling down once a while is considered  as a normal part of life.It is considered as Depression if it continue for weeks and months. Depression is a  serious mood disorder. It is a common problem among older adults. There are different types of depression which older people may experience. There are wounds that never show on the body that are deeper and more hurtful than anything that bleeds.It is the inability to construct the future. 1. Major depressive disorder - Includes symptoms for two weeks which interfere person's ability to perform daily chores. 2. Depression due to medical condition - due to a separate illness such as heart disease, multiple sclerosis.  3. Persistent disorder - depreesed mood that lasts more than two years but the person still be able to perform daily tasks unlike major depressive order. 4. Substance induced depressive disorder - due to use of substances like alcohol,, pain medication.   Other forms are like seasonal affective disorder, psychotic depress