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 goes away and doesn’t have a huge impact on a individuals life then the person does not have depression. Unlike sadness, depression is much more than just being sad and feeling low. Depression is a mental Illness that affects an individual’s mood, the way they seen themselves and the way they understand things. Depression comes up all of a sudden and it lasts for a very long time. People get depressed who get depressed feel worthless, hopeless and feel unreasonably guilty. Also, to tell the difference between weather or not a person is sad or has depression, is that depression has symptoms (mentioned in my first blog post) and sadness is a person feeling down and eventually gets over it. It’s important for people to know the difference between the two, so they don’t get mixed up.

Link: http://www.heretohelp.bc.ca/ask-us/whats-the-difference-between-sadness-and-depression

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  1. UnknownNovember 3, 2017 at 9:32 PM

    Thank you thank you thank you for making this distinction between the two. Although both are serious if they persist, I feel as though depression is taken very lightly because of the similarity to sadness, especially with the attention-seeking public creating no distinction. I feel it is very important to educate oneself about the dangers of thinking depression is just sadness, because it is very possible to get medical help for depression and the results, while not immediate, produce lasting effects.

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