 [ Symptoms ] my husband 31years old 230lbs who under penalty of death will not see a doctor has had blackout fainting spells ever since he was in a near fatal car accident his head broke the steering wheel and was split open with cooncussion his symptoms are first throbbing headache at back right of head then minutes later goes pale grey colored on his whole body hears ringing in his ears left leg becomes twitchy passes out for aprox 1min are these things related to car accident trauma or otherwise [ Disease ] yes childhood depression is different from the normal blues and everyday emotions that occur as a child develops just because a child seems depressed or sad does not necessarily mean they have depression but if these symptoms become persistent disruptive and interfere with social activities interests schoolwork and family life it may indicate that he or she has the medical illness called depression keep in mind that while depression is a serious illness it is also a treatable one