Define depression!
2007-02-16 14:52:25 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Social Science ➔ Psychology
depresion is a feeling you get when something is wrong some people say it is a way god is telling you something but its not it is just a feeling if you are having depresion don't take a pill that is just a rip off it never works heres a way to get rid of depresion remember happy moments or do something you love to do that will get your mind off of the depresion
2007-02-16 15:02:37 · answer #1 · answered by Taylor B 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
An obsessive thought.
Being happy is something that you have to pay attention to. If you smile or feel content just for a second, that was and can continue to be happiness. If you just go over and over something you can´t resolve, that is depression. Is like being afraid of taking the next step. Like not wanting to be. Humans have a tendency to get depressed if they don´t get what they want. Depression is an ego trip.
2007-02-16 23:05:33 · answer #2 · answered by Sanse07 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Depression is an overwhelming feeling of misery, normally due to a chemical imbalance in the brain. It makes people either overeat or undereat, sleep a lot or not sleep at all, have no desire to do anything or go anywhere, sometimes not even shower and change clothes. The worst extreme is that severely depressed people can be suicidal.
2007-02-16 23:02:34 · answer #3 · answered by Holiday Magic 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Extreme sadness that last for a period of two weeks or more. It could include thoughts of suicide, feelings of guilt and worthlessness, crying spells, not enjoying what you used to.
Suffering from depression myself, I define it as a black hole. It just keeps sucking you into it, and you can't get out. It seems endless. It's just like nothingness sometimes.
The best definition I ever heard of came from the Hopeline prevention site :
"The bleakness of the landscape is unimaginable. It is as friendless and alien as a Dali painting. Ordinary concerns, such as work or friends, have no place here. Futility muffles thought; time elongates cruelly." --Kay McKall
2007-02-16 23:01:16 · answer #4 · answered by Little Girl 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Depression is when you have no enthusiasm and no inspiration. You feel lazy. Some people eat more and some people eat less. You don't feel like you CAN do anything. And you don't WANT to do anything. Nothing is special.
I wouldn't say sadness is depression, because sadness is an emotion. When you're depressed, you're pratically emotionless.
The reason they feel suicidal is because they feel there's nothing to live for.
One way to get rid of it is to do something you love. That always makes people happy.
2007-02-17 01:56:07 · answer #5 · answered by ArtemisDante 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A feeling of dysphoria. A general ill-being,really, most of the cases are. When hopes are lost, disappointment may bring one to this state.
2007-02-16 22:59:58 · answer #6 · answered by accebere 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
depression is a feeling of sadness feels like a cloud is over your head.you try to be happy but its so hard to be happy.
2007-02-16 22:57:31 · answer #7 · answered by annjilena 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
a lower plane in an otherwise higher moderation of existence
2007-02-16 23:11:47 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Some will say that it's anger turned in upon yourself
2007-02-16 22:57:11 · answer #9 · answered by jonjon 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
a lack of seratonon and dopemine production in the brain....
2007-02-18 01:34:34 · answer #10 · answered by lilbitome1015 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋