DEPRESSION KILLS

Depression is a mood disorder that causes a persistent feeling of sadness and loss of interest and can interfere with your emotional life. Depression can also be seen as the state of sadness, feeling down, and having a loss of interest or pleasure in daily activities. According to others point of view, depression is a group of conditions associated with the elevation or lowering of a person's mood. It can also be seen as a mood or emotional state marked by feelings of low self worth or guilt and a reduced ability to enjoy life. Or it is a state of low mood and aversion to activity. But in a very simple term, depression is simply the feelings of severe despondency and dejection, thereby killing an individual silently. 

SOME OF THE EFFECTS OF DEPRESSION 

1.Loss Of Enjoyment Of Hobbies & Activities

When people are depressed, they often have a lack of desire to do things that they used to like to do. Activities might not sound fun or appealing, or there may be little-to-no motivation to do anything at all. And therefore makes an individual always unhappy sad in his or her life. 

2. LOSS OF APPETITE 

depression can take the enjoyment out of things, and this can include food. It is very common for individuals to have weak appetites, and consequently, stop eating and lose weight. But depression can make an individual loose appetite even if given his best food. 

3. Sleep Difficulties & Low Energy

Another symptom of major depressive disorder that is frequently reported by patients is that they have problems with sleeping, and research shows that sleep is heavily connected with a person’s mood.  Those who don’t get enough sleep are more likely to struggle with mental health problems like depression and anxiety. Therefore depression causes an individual to have sleepless nights. 

4. Self-Destructive Behavior & Suicidal Ideation

While all of the other symptoms of depression covered so far can certainly make depression one of the most severely impairing mental health conditions, the topic of self-harm and suicide makes depression also one of the most deadly ones, if it isn’t treated. And Therefore, due to the threat of depression, most people end up committing suicide. 

SOME OF THE SOLUTIONS OF DEPRESSION 

1.Choosing to be happy no matter how bad a situation is. 

2. Building hope in hopeless conditions through faith. 

3. Running away from bad companies. 

4. Strive to build confidence no matter how dangerous the condition is. 

5. Always believing and trusting in God. 

In conclusion, depression is a phenomenon that creates fear in a courageous person, and it makes the hopeful hopeless. And the only treatment and cure to it depends on the choice of an individual in choosing to have faith and live in joy, or to live in sorrow.