Depression
Dangerous disease
What is depression?
Depression is a mood desorder. The affected person is in a state of decay and output and manifests in a psychic way (sadness, low self-esteem, disinterest, etc) and in a somatic way (weight loss, asthenia, insomnia, etc).
It's not a small moment that goes wrong, It's a long period of malaise. From 6 months onwards, It's considered a major depression.
Types of Depression:
- Mild depression: They are able to continue wih their normal activities. Lasts between 2-3 weeks
- Moderate depression: They find it difficult to do their normal activities. They think of suicide. Lats for more than 1 month.
- Severe depression: They have a great anguish. They try to commit suicide. They can become hospitalized. They may have delusions and hallucinations among other symptoms.
Symptom
- Loss of interest
- Weightloss
- Loss of sexual appetite
- Loss of self-esteem
- Insomnia
- Absence of feelings at important events
- Motor slowness
- Thoughts or suicide bombings
- Guilty feeling
Something interesting...
Movie:Suicide Room
It is a polish movie sala samobójców were a gay boy, Dominik, suffers bullying and meets a suicidal girl on the internet.
TV series:Skins (Effy Stonem)
It's a british television program that deals with teens who suffers disorders. Effy Stonem is the famous and clear example of depression.
TV series:Daria
It's an american cartoon broadcast in the 90's in which a girl named Daria and her friend Jane live the teenage live in a somewhat negative way(could be interpreted as the beginning of the depression).
Singer:Lana del Rey
She's a melancholy woman and transmits it in her lyrics.
Singer:Demi Lovato
She suffered depression and was hospitalized.
Aokigahara (Japan)
Is a japanese forest called the Forest of Suicides because people who want to commit suicide go to that forest. Many corpses have been found.
Depression...
This is living with depression