Depression is one of the most debilitating but least acknowledged diseases afflicting mankind. For years, scientists have been searching for origins, causes, and answers for the disease. It wrecks lives and relationships. At times, it operates subtly that the sufferer may not describe exactly what is wrong. It can also be wild and manifest in aggressive ways. In any manner it presents, depression afflicts without mercy. And it does not get the attention it deserves medically.
To the layman, depression is feeling sad. Often you hear people ascribe being depressed with any situation that does not go the way they wanted. For examples, "This rain this morning makes me depressed." "I was in traffic for 30 minutes and I was damned depressed!" "It snowed last night and I am now depressed." Really? That's all? Depression is more than feeling sad, down or disappointed...
According to MediLexicon's Medical Dictionary, depression is "a mental state or chronic mental disorder characterized by feelings of sadness, loneliness, despair, low self-esteem, and self-reproach; accompanying signs include psychomotor retardation (or less frequently agitation), withdrawal from social contact, and vegetative states such as loss of appetite and insomnia." Yes, depression does all those plus more.
Unfortunately, this debilitating disease is often ignored or treated with kid's gloves. Sometimes the sufferers, either due to ignorance, lack of access to healthcare, or fear of stigmatization in some cultures, do not seek help until it becomes a little too late. On the other hand, the sufferer may not get the aggressive treatment he/she needs.
Bear in mind that I am neither a scientist nor an expert but I know what depression is. I know what it can do. I also have seen how dastardly it can be. I wish therefore to address depression the best way I deem fit. To do that effectively, please permit me to personify this malicious sickness. Here we go:
Depression!
To the layman, depression is feeling sad. Often you hear people ascribe being depressed with any situation that does not go the way they wanted. For examples, "This rain this morning makes me depressed." "I was in traffic for 30 minutes and I was damned depressed!" "It snowed last night and I am now depressed." Really? That's all? Depression is more than feeling sad, down or disappointed...
According to MediLexicon's Medical Dictionary, depression is "a mental state or chronic mental disorder characterized by feelings of sadness, loneliness, despair, low self-esteem, and self-reproach; accompanying signs include psychomotor retardation (or less frequently agitation), withdrawal from social contact, and vegetative states such as loss of appetite and insomnia." Yes, depression does all those plus more.
Unfortunately, this debilitating disease is often ignored or treated with kid's gloves. Sometimes the sufferers, either due to ignorance, lack of access to healthcare, or fear of stigmatization in some cultures, do not seek help until it becomes a little too late. On the other hand, the sufferer may not get the aggressive treatment he/she needs.
Bear in mind that I am neither a scientist nor an expert but I know what depression is. I know what it can do. I also have seen how dastardly it can be. I wish therefore to address depression the best way I deem fit. To do that effectively, please permit me to personify this malicious sickness. Here we go:
Depression!
Unexpressed anger!
Suppressed emotions!
You thrive in darkness!
Sadness is your middle name!
Downward spiral!
Dejection!
Self-rejection!
Misery becomes you!
Depression!
Your nicknames are Gloominess!
Depression!
Your nicknames are Gloominess!
Helplessness and Hopelessness!
Self-denigration is your last name!
You cause deprivation!
You crave hollowness!
You wallow in loneliness!
Depression!
Uncontrolled descent!
Despondency! Disillusionment!
You are oft called Despair!
Depression, you are a nuisance!
You destroy relationships!
You destroy relationships!
You hold your victims captive!
You make them shadows of themselves!
You send them into penury!
You make them shadows of themselves!
You send them into penury!
You cause untold pain and anguish!
You hold in a grip and you squeeze so tight!
Depression, you entangle and never let go!
You enslave! You restrain! You possess!
You suppress! You repress! You oppress!
You have people on a choke-hold!
Depression, you smother! You destroy lives!
Depression, you smother! You destroy lives!
Depression, you are callous!
How stifling! How suffocating?
How painful, nasty and uncaring?
How cruel? How hurtful can you be?
Why do you flourish in malice?
Why are you so sneaky?
Why must you be a control freak?
Why are you so sneaky?
Why must you be a control freak?
Depression, I must expose you for what you are!
Depression, you are really devilish!
Depression, you are really devilish!
Insightful, explicit and educating wit a little bit of play wit words.... Was afraid to read it earlier cos I dont wanna be depressed but as soon as I started, i dont want it to end... Who said u're not an Expert? U truly are
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