A short sale, also known as a pre-foreclosure sale, is when you sell your home for less than the balance remaining on your mortgage. If your mortgage company agrees to a short sale, you can sell your home and pay off all (or a portion of) your mortgage balance with the proceeds. Depending on your situation, you may be required to make a financial contribution to receive a short sale.
People should not be blamed for their severe depression. Their depression is an illness, and not a punishment for sinful behavior or a lack of religious faith. Even without treatment, severe depression is usually time-limited, and in a few months totally recovers.
Major Depression Among Adults. 1  Major depression is one of the most common mental disorders in the United States. 2  According to the World Health Organization (WHO; 2010), major depression also carries the heaviest burden of disability among mental and behavioral disorders.