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Differences between Depression and Sadness

                I’ve been thinking of a good thing theme to talk about in my last post in my blog, and that’s why I’m posting so lately, honestly. I manage to find a good theme to talk about, and that’s the difference between sadness and depression. Unfortunately, there are a lot of people who seem to get sadness and depression mixed up. A lot of people seem to think that sadness and depression are the same thing, but that’s not the case at all. Let me start off discussing what sadness is; sadness is a normal reaction that people have regarding disappointment, stress, problems, difficult situations, death, etc. Situations like those, sadness goes away quickly with time. It’s the way of life, all humans get sad every now and then. When an individual is sad they may say that they may feel “sad,” “bummed out,” “low.” Some people even say that they may be “depressed” but that doesn’t mean the person is suffering from depression. Basically, if sadness...
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Depression News Article that was found

When it comes to depression, there have been many studies done about the gender differences; and the gender differences in depression has been talked about in plenty science related news articles. The article that I will be discussing that I found to be interesting and reliable is called Gender differences in Depression by Alison Palkhivala, and this article was published in University Health News. In this article, Palkhivala briefly talked about how often depression occurs for both genders and she mostly discussed that males and females display signs of depression differently. It was stated in the article that depression occurs in females way more often than it does in males, according to most statistics. But some professionals happen to believe that depression occurs in males more often than what is said by previous professionals, based off recent research studies; the reason why some professionals say that is because males do not show the same signs of depression as females do. The...
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Depression Overview

            Depression (aka Clinical Depression) is a mental disorder that affects how people think, feel and act on the daily basis. In order for an individual to be diagnosed with the disorder the symptoms must be displayed most of the day, almost every day, for at least two weeks. The symptoms that a person with depression experiences are the following: persistent sad or empty mood, feeling of hopelessness, feelings of guilt or worthlessness, loss of interest, fatigue, difficulty concentrating, difficulty sleeping, appetite or weight changes, thoughts of death/suicide, suicide attempts, and irritability. Not all of the signs and symptoms need to be present to diagnose someone with depression, the individual needs to display some of these symptoms almost every day for two weeks. They’re different types of depressions which are: Major Depression, Persistent Depressive Disorder, Perinatal Depression, Seasonal Affective Disorder, Psychotic Depression and Bi...
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