Also to push this away from me personally: not only is the % of people with depression increasing but also the mean age at which it affects people is creeping down. When I was a kid it was like 30 now it's like 20.

A shit ton of theoretically attainable jobs seem out of reach to even the emotionally healthy. When your 20 and you just want to go to sleep and never wake up: every job seems out of reach and that number is going up.

And again I can't stress this enough. Even when healthy many many jobs seem out of reach.

  Fella 'cross town said he's   lookin' for a man
  To move some old cars around
  Maybe me and Marie could find a burned-out
  Van and do a little settlin' down
  Aw, but I'm just dreamin', I ain't got no ride
  And the junkyard's a pretty good ways
  That job's about a half week old besides
  It'd be gone now anyway