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    What Is Depression: Severe Despondency and Dejection, Accompanied by Feelings of Hopelessness and Inadequacy

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    Depression is a mood disorder characterized by prolonged feelings of sadness, hopelessness, and inadequacy. It lasts much longer than normal sadness and can negatively impact one's mood, energy levels, and feelings for weeks or months. Depression is caused by a combination of genetic, biological, environmental, and psychological factors. Common symptoms include feelings of sadness and guilt, loss of interest in activities, changes in appetite and sleep, difficulty concentrating, and thoughts of self-harm. To cope with depression, one should limit social media use, pursue personal goals, spend time with others, get adequate vitamins and sleep, and work actively on cultivating happiness.

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    What Is Depression: Severe Despondency and Dejection, Accompanied by Feelings of Hopelessness and Inadequacy

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    Depression is a mood disorder characterized by prolonged feelings of sadness, hopelessness, and inadequacy. It lasts much longer than normal sadness and can negatively impact one's mood, energy levels, and feelings for weeks or months. Depression is caused by a combination of genetic, biological, environmental, and psychological factors. Common symptoms include feelings of sadness and guilt, loss of interest in activities, changes in appetite and sleep, difficulty concentrating, and thoughts of self-harm. To cope with depression, one should limit social media use, pursue personal goals, spend time with others, get adequate vitamins and sleep, and work actively on cultivating happiness.

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    Depression is a mood disorder characterized by prolonged feelings of sadness, hopelessness, and inadequacy. It lasts much longer than normal sadness and can negatively impact one's mood, energy levels, and feelings for weeks or months. Depression is caused by a combination of genetic, biological, environmental, and psychological factors. Common symptoms include feelings of sadness and guilt, loss of interest in activities, changes in appetite and sleep, difficulty concentrating, and thoughts of self-harm. To cope with depression, one should limit social media use, pursue personal goals, spend time with others, get adequate vitamins and sleep, and work actively on cultivating happiness.

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    What Is Depression: Severe Despondency and Dejection, Accompanied by Feelings of Hopelessness and Inadequacy

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    What is depression

    Severe despondency and dejection,


    accompanied by feelings of hopelessness and
    inadequacy.
    Depression vs. sadness
    Sadness- the feeling of sorrow
    Sadness and depression have similar reactions except
    for depression lasts longer than sadness
    Depression can affect someone’s mood, cause them to
    feel drained, and cause someone t feel down for
    weeks/ months.
    Sadness doesn’t lasts long, it can be something hat
    makes you sad that day and hen you eventually get
    over it.
    WHAT CAUSES DEPRESSION?

    Many factors may contribute to the onset of


    depression, including genetic characteristics, changes
    in hormone levels, certain medical illnesses, stress,
    grief, or substance abuse. Any of these factors alone or
    in combination can bring about the specific changes in
    brain chemistry that lead to the many symptoms of
    depression, bipolar disorder and related conditions.
    WHAT ARE THE SYMPTOMS OF DEPRESSION?

    Depression commonly affects your thoughts, your


    emotions, your behaviors and your overall physical
    health. Here are some of the most common symptoms
    that point to the presence of depression:
     Feelings:
     Sadness
     Hopelessness
     Guilt
     Moodiness
     Angry outbursts
     Loss of interest in friends, family and favorite activities, including sex
     Thoughts:
     Trouble concentrating
     Trouble making decisions
     Trouble remembering
     Thoughts of harming yourself
     Delusions and/or hallucinations can also occur in cases of severe depression
    Behaviors:
    Withdrawing from people
    Substance abuse
    Missing work, school or other commitments
    Attempts to harm yourself
    Physical problems:
    Tiredness or lack of energy
    Unexplained aches and pains
    Changes in appetite
    Weight loss
    Weight gain
    Changes in sleep – sleeping too little or too much
    Facts about depression

     One of the most common illness found in human beings.


     Serous an sometimes can be chronic
     Afflicts 20%of the population in united states and
    worldwide
     Women are two to three times more likely to fall victim to
    the mood disorder than men
     Depression tends to run in families
     Approx: one in five adults in United states suffer from
    depression one time in their life
     Hundreds of thousands of medications are given out each
    year to treat depression
    How to cope up with depression
    1.  Limit Your Time on Facebook
    2. Stop Living Someone Else’s Life 
    3. Write It Out
    4.  Stop Comparing Yourself to Others
    5. Take Your Vitamins
    6. Talk to People, Any People
    7. Pick a Goal, Any Goal
    8.  Read About Spirituality and/or Astronomy
    9. Experience the Bliss of Quiet Time
    10. You have to work on your happiness, it won’t just happen
    on its own

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