Depression can be discribed as a mental condition in which one experiences an overwhelming feeling of sadness, despicable and inferiority thereby living in isolation.
It affects how a person thinks, feels and acts on a daily bases interfering with life it self and may bring about thoughts of suicide or even committing suicide.
Depression has a clear different meaning from the following:
sadness....a feeling of sorrow
loneliness....a state of being alone
grief.....the state of suffering hardship
All these can occur as a result of life challenges, bad experiences, lack , death of a family member/love one, but depression is far worse and life threatening...it has to do with the mental health, its uncontrollable by self alone and has no age range or limit.
A depressed fellow must seek medical attention to gain back a right state of mind.
some symptoms of depression
Thinking of suicide
Feeling worthless
Sleeping too much/lacking good sleep
Withdrawing from interaction with people
Very little or no social life
Fatigue
Constant headache and tiredness from sad thoughts
Eating too much/not eating at all
Crying excessively
Self pity.
The major cause of depression is still yet to be known, some say it might be triggered by traumas from childhood or loss of either a spouse, job or child. In any form, depression is not something anyone needs to experience.
Not wanting to bore my readers, i will cut it here, more to come.....