Cause And Effect Essay On Depression

Depression is a serious problem in today’s time world with everyone going through problems of their own, so one should wonder what depression really is. Depression is defined as feeling sad, blue, unhappy, miserable, or down in the dumps. Everyone occasionally feels blue or sad. But these feelings are usually short-lived and pass within a couple of days. When you have depression, it interferes with daily life and causes pain for both you and those who care about you. Depression is a common but serious illness. There are even different types of depression such as persistent depressive disorder, psychotic depression, postpartum, seasonal affective disorder, and etc.
A tragic massacre called the columbine massacre occurred on April 20, 1999. This tragedy left many parents and siblings in the dark asking questions like, could they have prevented this and what was the reason Eric and Dylan, the two shooters, did this. I believe that at least half of the reason that Eric and Dylan did this horrible deed was the fact that they were depressed. Now some people may argue that no matter how depressed a person is they would still have enough sense

From my perspective I think that Dylan was the most depressed out of him and Eric, or perhaps Dylan was just depressed. Possible reasons why Dylan was depressed was that he did not think that he was handsome, he hated how tall he was, and he was also bullied. People that are bullied are usually easy to become lonely, unconfident, and hopeless. There are many state of minds that come from depression, one is low self-esteem. Low self-esteem leaves people in a state where they believe they can’t do anything that means something in life. Low self- esteem makes people sluggish and feel like they have no purpose in the world. I believe that Dylan was searching for that purpose in his life through his depression and he found his purpose in