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1	''My Depression (The Up and Down and Up of It)'' is a short animated documentary based on the book ''My Depression: A Picture Book'' by writer/director/composer Elizabeth 'Liz' Swados.
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3	The film tells the story of Liz and her struggle since childhood with clinical depression.
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5	!!''My Depression'' provides examples of:
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7	* AnthropomorphicPersonification: Liz's depression is anthropomorphised as a cloud that follows her around.
8	* BlackBeadEyes: The characters are drawn this way.
9	* BlandNameProduct:
10	** At one point Liz watches ''[[Series/LawAndOrder Cops & Justice: LA-NY]]''
11	** There's "Giggle", instead of "Google".
12	* DrivenToSuicide: The Grim Reaper rides Liz around in his Suicide Mobile and tries to convince her that suicide is a good option. When she declines, ''he'' drives off a cliff.
13	* TheInternetIsForCats: Liz watches a cute video of "Kitty on Toilet", which has 2 million views.
14	* PhonyPsychic: Liz visits a psychic while trying to cure her depression. The psychic tells her that she'll dance the tango with a panda.
15	* WeightWoe: Discussed at the start. It's mentioned that many teens have body issues, but as a teen Liz's were worse than the norm.
16	* TraumaButton: Subverted. While some things do trigger her depression (such as a loved one dying or the seasons changing), sometimes she just randomly gets depressed.
17	* VillainSong: There's a song where TheGrimReaper tries to convince Liz to kill herself.

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