...is the feeling of sorrow or grief. Being sad is more of a mood while depression is a clinical problem. Depression has a deeper meaning than sadness. The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 5th edition, categorizes depression as someone who is in a depressed mood and has a loss of interest or pleasure in daily activities for more than two weeks. People who are depressed often feel like there is no way out and that is why depression can often lead to suicide. Some people may mistake sadness and depression for the same thing because they do have similarities. Sadness is often how depression starts out. Sadness can also be associated with grief. Grief is the response to a loss of someone and is associated with sadness. More people should look at sadness and grief as the same instead of sadness and depression. To know if you have depression, a diagnostic needs to be made by pointing out symptoms. Dr. Kramer believes that there are nine symptoms; if you have five out of those nine then you are depressed. The symptoms include: depressed mood, hard time having fun, no energy, can’t sleep, eating a lot, no desire for physical activity, feeling worthless, can’t concentrate, suicidal thoughts (Valiunas). All of those may seem like signs of just being sad, but as symptoms of depression, they are prolonged much longer. The physical characteristics of depression are what really set it apart from sadness. People who are depressed usually have a significant amount a...
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...was born and raised in Indonesia, within a close knit family. Growing up, I was very close to my family even though life was difficult because of the economic situation in Singapore. Still we made do for a very long time. From a very young age my parents had high expectations of me and this put a lot of pressure on me to always be the best I can be. I started working at age 11 for my mother’s company while I was still in school. After I finished school, I got a job with a radio station in Indonesia that was lovely and exciting but I needed to do more. I had the opportunity to move to the United States to attend community college and therefore I took it. I felt very lucky for this, moving away from the pressures of home I felt was all I needed. I had started feeling lowly and unhappy at the age of eighteen, so I felt moving away was a perfect way to start over a new and wonderful life. When I got to California, I was excited and felt overjoyed. The first few weeks were exhilarating and I completely forgot my sadness. I was so involved in finding a job, starting school and everything was perfect. I liked the view from the apartment I got, and every day I would sit and stare out the window wondering how I got to be that lucky. Then slowly at first, my thoughts as I stared out of the window all had guilty undertones, I was mad and questioned myself on why I had felt happy leaving my only family behind. So I stopped going to the window, but the thoughts did not go away, the more...
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...problem and one of these ways is to kill themselves or what we call suicide. Statistically, for every forty seconds, one person will die of committing suicide, over 1 million people kill themselves every year worldwide and for every one hundred thousand population, 16 people will commit suicide. There are many factors that affect the decision of people to end their lives and I will talk about the most common reasons on why people are committing suicide. People commit suicide because of too much depression, stressful life events, and psychological disorders. My first point is depression. I think that this is one of the most common reasons for suicide and statistics shows that 15% of clinically depressed people die by killing themselves. Now why do people kill themselves because of depression? This is simply because they want to get rid of the feeling and they are hopeless that the feeling will never go away and that suicide is the only way to escape the burden that they have. When people are depressed, they think too much so that’s why suicide comes in to their thoughts because they think that “Everything will be better without me” as said by Alex Lickerman. Now we can’t always blame the depressed person on why he or she committed suicide because like many diseases, depression can also be remedied and suicide can be prevented if the depression can be treated as soon as possible. My next point is that people who experience extreme life stress also has a high chance to commit...
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...Is Holden Depressed? Reading the first page of catcher in the rye the very first time, i got a shocked because this isn't an ordinary book I instantly sensed the negativity of Holden, the main character and his tough personality and it intimidates me as a reader and as I continued to read the chapter what struct me was his negativity towards his brother who made it to Hollywood, if I was him I would be proud of my brother and probably brag of him to my friends because of course, he's my brother! But Holden called him a prostitute for making it to Hollywood just because he hates movies but as I further continued to read the book all the way to the eighth chapter I realized Holden may have a tough outer shell with all his cuss words and negativity towards others and basically life; I realized Holden has this inner goodness that people just don't see even though he despised his brother for being successful in Hollywood he still admired him as a writer and said he was one oh his top favorites. He also is kind of a "bad person" to his next door roommate Ackley by pointing out all his bad qualities like his pimples and how he was annoying as an introduction of his character in the novel but he showed his good side when he said he was comfortable with Ackley because he actually stayed in Ackleys room one night when he got punched by his room mate Stradler and asked if he could sleep on the vacant bed but he ended up not doing so because the owner might come back and get angry...
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...Divorce Josefina Ramirez COM/220 July 31, 2011 Cassandra Shellhorn In life we live happy and unforgettable moments. One of the best days of my life was when I got married. Not even in a million years I would have imagined that I will ever get divorced. The thought would off never cross my mind until. A divorce does not start from one day to the other. It is time consuming, agitating, and costly. The process of my divorce started on April 1st, 2010. My lawyers prepared and submitted the initial paper work to the Court of Jackson County, in the state of Missouri, case No. 1016-FC03062-01 Division 30. I was not a happy person since I had to appear in court more than once. Some of the mayor drives for divorce are lack of communication, financial disagreement, and adultery. Statistics indicate divorce rate has increase within the last decade in the USA; divorce causes emotional distress for couples, and effects the children as well. As indicated by the articles read, the first of the Boomers (circa 1946) are now in their sixties and reluctantly nearing retirement age. Age at Marriage for Those Who Divorce in U.S. (Divorcestatistics.org) Age Under 20 years old 27.6% (women) 11.7% (men) 20 - 24 years old 36.6% (women) 38.9% (men) 25 - 29 years old 16.4% (women) 22.3% (men) 30 - 34 years old 8.5% (women) 11.6% (men) 35 - 39 years old I will like to first start by adding that statistic show how the number of divorces has increase within the last decade. Believed to be 5...
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...depression. Some of the most common symptoms for depression include feeling sad about something in particular, becoming tired and fatigued all of the time, finding it to be a challenge to get out of bed in the morning, procrastinating on important events, and finding it hard to get joy out of traditionally joyful events in life. These are just a few of the most common symptoms of depression. There are a number of reasons that people get depression. Sometimes people begin to feel depressed after a significant negatively charged event in his or her life. For instance, someone could begin to exhibit signs of depression after a death in the family. The signs of depression might not even be apparent right away. The sadness might start out as tears for the loss of a loved one; however, over time this sadness can begin to be translated in to a long-term depression for the person who lost a loved one. Other depressions might be started from having difficulty finding a career, or paying bills. Some people become depressed after a traumatic event, and others after having an argument with someone. There are tons of forms of depression and it affects everyone differently. Therefore, there are different ways to treat the condition. If you are experiencing depression it can be treated with medication, or physical activities. There are types of yoga or meditation that are specifically designed to help people to cope with different forms of depression. The physical activity of focusing on one’s balance...
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...Throughout this story Du Bois, the set the narrative of his story life of facing these two separated worlds that he lives in. He shows us the claims of being the problem that he’s affecting of whites folks. And the downheartedness that he received from the life as not being the same as like the others. The first Claim, Du explained, that he was being a problem throughout these two worlds from being different from the whites. This shows why he stated: ‘’They Said, I know an excellent colored man in my town; or I thought at Mechanicsville; or, do not these southern outrages make your blood boil?’’ (Lines 4-6) It shows that he was being controlled on what to do and trying not to show resistant towards these people. Meanwhile, he thought that...
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...can lead to feeling of sadness, worthless and having a depressed mood all the time. In the article sleep and depression “Having a sleep disorder does not in itself cause depression, but lack of sleep does play a role. Lack of sleep caused by another medical illness or by personal problems can make depression worse. An inability to sleep that lasts over a long period of time is also an important clue that someone may be depressed. Clinical depression is a mood disorder. It causes you to feel sad, hopeless, worthless, and helpless. Sure, we all feel sad or blue from time to time. But when you feel sad for long periods and the feelings become intense, the depressed mood and its associated physical symptoms can keep you from living a normal life.” This shows that lack of sleep can cause depression by changing a person's mood and lifestyle, which can go on for a long period...
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...Half of those who do find relief, discontinue use of their medication due to the side effects and those who stopped the use of meds have had their symptoms return (Love 13). In the story “A Blizzard under the Blue Sky” written by Pam Houston, the author is depressed. The author consults with a psychiatrist about her depression in which the doctor recommends to her anti- depressants. She thinks that the best remedy for depression is not to be dumbed down by meds but to be immersed in the wild and face death itself. In the wild, Houston experiences dangerous situations such as mountain climbing and hunting wild animals. Her mood soon improved as she focused on the beauty of the wilderness. Pam Houston used nature to invigorate her mind and calm her nerves. People may not relate to camping as the best way to ease one’s mind, but however there are other outlets to achieve peace and serenity. One of the ways I keep myself from getting depressed is watching crime shows featured on the Identity Discovery channel. The shows reveal to me a harsh reality of how bad things can really be. Some people have more miserable lives as they are victimized by murder. This puts my minor worrying in perspective. Being alive and healthy is what I should really appreciate. Having a secure home, warm bed and a place to shower is a privilege not to be taken for granted. However, even if a person...
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...friendliness, but it’s also a way to experience life. Although no one can be happy all the time, you can practice convincing yourself to be happy, because after all life is too precious to waste it. As a waiter, customers often asked me, “You smile all the time, how can you be happy every day?” I answer something along the lines like, “You know, life is good!” or “The smell from our food makes me smile.” If a coworker asks then I typically reply, “It’s a tip from years of experience. The longer you serve, the brighter your smile is.” This response makes my coworker thinks that although work is not like Disneyland, it is still possible to put up a smile and lift up the whole atmosphere. Servers are trained to smile all the time because a business owner knows that happiness is transmittable. A happy server makes happy customers, happy customers will come back and even bring a friend with them next time. As a server, I smile not only to fill up my tip jar, but also to lift the spirits of my coworkers. Hence, I can spread my happiness to everyone they interact with for the rest of the night. There is more behind my smile than I typically reveal. It is more often than not, a genuine smile. I used to be a depressed teenager. I was extremely suicidal during a few of the years I was depressed. I was forced to spend a night in the hospital because I was threatening to kill myself. I used to smile at the thought of suicide because it was my way out. It was my way to finally be able to get...
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...Frankenstein exhibits the negative effects of what isolation can do to a person or character. There is three characters who contribute to Frankenstein’s overall theme of depression and isolation. More specifically, the three characters who appear as narrator's experience the greatest distress and isolation. Robert Walton, Victor Frankenstein, and Frankenstein’s creation. Each of the three characters experience their heartache in different ways and for differing reasons, but they can all relate because of the problems they go through in the novel. In Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, three of the main characters experience isolation, which causes them emotional instability and depression that leads to their awful and distressful lives. Frankenstein’s...
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...likely, you would feel depressed. It is possible you would go to extreme measures like suicide. You would not be alone. LGB youth are almost five times as likely to have attempted suicide compared to heterosexual youth. Five times more likely that other children. That’s a lot. A likely reason for this is bullying.Today I want to tell you about the horrific experience of sexual orientation based bullying and the effects it can have on LGB youth. In the world right now, one of the most discriminated against minorities are LGB people.LGB is...
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...factors that result directly from their experiences as Black Americans. (Leary) These Experiences include Racism, Cultural Alienation and Domestic Violence Many people in the African American community see mental health problems as being lazy or just making excuses for failing. To some, seeking professional help is admitting that you are crazy. The history of the African American survival from slavery to the overcoming of racism, and economic oppression play a large part in fueling the myth that says African Americans don’t fall apart. The image of the “strong black woman” as represented by historical figures is still real in African American...
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...Within Salinger’s The Catcher in the Rye, evidenced by Holden’s happiness, Holden begins his path to maturity when he accepts the Phoebe is “reaching for maturity” on the carousel, realizing that he needs to mentally heal and mature. Not being able to see everything good happening around us is common in our everyday life. We get used to the privileges, and we tunnel-vision in on the negatives of the world and yearn for escape. Holden, depressed and fantastical, grasps at the hopes for escape in the first three quarters of The Catcher in the Rye. The lack of the carousel symbol within the book before Holden’s change represent how he shied away from his journey to maturity. There are some major reasons as to why he shies away from maturity:...
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...Karensa Cadet Ms. Sinisi English I - Honors May 14th, 2015 Depression Affects Us From the stages of a newborn to infancy to adolescence and later an adult, we all develop and grow out of habits and into new ones. From the day we took our first breath to the day we take our last one, we never cease to grow and to develop personally. However, there are events that occur in our life that take a toll on our personal development, such as clinical depression. Clinical depression is a conflict that happens within our minds and that hinders our growth. Depression, is a term we hear quite frequently and is used very vaguely, but what is depression? According to University Health Services Tang Center at Berkley, “clinical depression is a serious...
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