You Have More Influence Over Depression Than You Think — Here’s What the Research Says Many people living with depression have been told, in one way or another, that it’s something that simply happens to them. A chemical imbalance. The luck of the draw. Something to be managed with a prescription and endured. That story can leave you feeling stuck, as if there’s nothing you can do except wait and hope. The research tells a more hopeful story. Not that depression is easy, and