what is the difference between grieving and depression?

Answer 1

The two are not the same, you can still be 'happy' for a lost love one, and grieve for them
and you can have everything you want, but still be low and depressed.
I hope that this helps.

Answer 2

When you are grieving it is normal to have depressive feelings. With some people that grieving can slide into depression. You realise this when others around you seem to be beginning to get back on track with their lives but you can't, even though you all lost someone who was close to you.

Depression is an illness and can seem to occur for no apparent reason. But there is also a depression where events can knock some people right off their feet into a depressive state.

Answer 3

Grieving is a natural state and am important process. Depression is an illness. Unfortunately, many doctors now prescribe anti-depressants for people when they are grieving which interrupts the process. Its almost as though we are afraid of feeling sad these days.

Answer 4

Grieving is the actual emotion, the primary thing you are feeling, and it feels like crying, terrible loss, that stuff, whereas depression is the attempted repression of it - and it manifests as more of a deadness of soul - lethargy, drag-***, anger, lost of interest. Depression is an attempt to escape grieving. Or any other intense emotion.

Answer 5

It's hard to pinpoint exactly, as many of the symptoms are the same, e.g. not sleeping, not eating, thinking about death a lot. In either case, if you are going through a bereavement, having counselling can help. You may find that a current bereavement brings up feelings of other experiences of loss that you have had in your life. Talking this through with someone can be a real help. There is no set time for people to 'get over' a bereavement, but if you feel you may be depressed, going to your GP will be a good starting point. If you feel in need of bereavement counselling, Cruse are a really good organisation, here is their website:
http://www.crusebereavementcare.org.uk/

Answer 6

The lose of a loved one is considered one of the stress factors that lead to or cause depression. In my opinion, grieving is feeling lost without that person there anymore, while depression is more along the lines of feeling lost within yourself and your own life.

Answer 7

Grieving is sorrow. Depression is being angry about something that you feel you can't do anything about. Figure out what's got you down and do something about it. Grieving is a natural process and usually resolves itself into memories.

Answer 8

Depression is one of the stages of grief, the emotions associated with grieving are a rollercoaster of denial, sadness, anger, bargaining, and acceptance. Both have a great deal of similiarities, such as hopelessness and lethargy. The both have another very important point in common, they are both only temporary and can be overcome with time and of course patience.

Answer 9

grieving is a process of getting over someone, it takes time, memories and personal items will make you laugh and cry, depression is when the mood does not lift at all, you may need help, see your gp

Answer 10

I lost someone close to me last year and the hurt has never really gone away. Greiving is moments of feeling when you miss the person and feel sad that they're gone, but deppression is when it is all you can think about. It's natural at first to be depressed, but you have to move on evetually and it might as well be now.