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Most people experience feelings of sadness or depression as normal responses to life’s struggles, such as loss or injured self-esteem. However, there are those that experience extreme sadness or despair and include feelings of being helpless, worthless, or hopeless. These individuals are likely suffering from clinical depression. Depression is a real illness that affects an estimated 17 million Americans with the potential of seriously impairing their ability to function in everyday situations. Depression can carry with it many damaging consequences to relationships, families, work productivity.
There are many situations that can cause each person to get depressed for different reasons and may affect everyone in different ways and have different severities. There are believed to be three types of depression which are Major depression, Dysthymic disorder and minor depression. These three types of depression affect each individual in different ways and have different affects on a person life. Major depression has a very large interference with a person’s ability to sleep, eat, work and so many more aspects of your daily life. ”The most commonly diagnosed form of depression is Major Depressive Disorder, which is characterized by a depressed mood for more than two weeks, among other symptoms.” (Michael Ashworth, PH.D: Types Of Depression) Dysthymic disorder is a depressive disorder that has long lasting affects but is less severe than those symptoms of Major depression.
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Depression What is Depression? Depression is a serious medical illness, it is more than just a feeling of being sad or being down for a few days. It is a brain disorder that can cause bad mood or loss of interest in things that he loved or was significant in their daily life. The most known symptom of major depression is low mood or bad, sadness, or a sense loneliness. Many people with depression also have anxiety.
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