Ever feel depressed for a short while but were able to shake it for one reason or another? Imagine if you felt that way every waking minute of ever day. According to the World Health Organization, depression is doubling every ten years and will be the second most pervasive illness, second only to heart disease, in 2020.

In the past, the understanding was that depression is primarily a condition that affected women, in fact, there were medical statistics that showed women were twice as likely to suffer from depression as men. This is now being denounced and it's thought that the numbers may be more equal.

Attracting the opposite sex is a topic that really can't seem to get enough exposure. Regardless of how much is written on attracting the opposite sex, the mystery still remains and probably always will. It's almost comical how many people get hung up on attracting a mate that they actually lose site over the little things that make you attractive to the opposite sex in the first place. I sometimes wonder if the real issues center more on our own agenda that we actually stop hearing what the opposite sex has to say.

There are literally thousands of sites online that touch on attracting the opposite sex in one way or another. I'm not here to preach or regurgitate what has already been over explained, just touch on some common sense approaches that worked for me and some friends of mine. While none of us have any obvious physical deformities such as 3 arms or a huge hunch on our backs, we are by no means super models or runway material. We're just average Joe's that happen to get along easily with the opposite sex and it's easier than you think, believe me.