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Depression is a very hard thing to deal with, both for the victim and for families of the person suffering. The family may be tolerant, but may not understand. Friends may not understand why the person “just can 't be happy.” Some may consider the victim to be lazy because he or she may not have the energy to do much. To add to this, many well meaning Christians may get involved telling the victim and the family that the problem is a lack of faith. These people may consider depression a spiritual issue and attempt to counsel the person that way. All of these people mean well, but they do not understand the problem. These people may try to help, but may simply make it worse. Depression is a delicate subject, but there is help and no one is alone.

There has been mental issues going round for awhile, but does everyone actually know what they do to people. When someone has depression it’s not always the same, there are multiple types of depression. There are about seven different types or even more. It is a complex disease that some people don’t even understand. To realize that someone is gloomy, you can look for the symptoms. Not everyone will have multiple symptoms. People need to realize the symptoms, what depression actually is, also learn about the antidepressants and how they will work, and the types of depression.

Depression is a negative feeling of hopelessness and feeling like you don’t belong. It can affect anyone at anytime without warning. Being in such a depressed neurological state makes people act certain ways and do certain things. According to the medical research group Mayo Clinic:

Social Stigma is commonly held by people today. Social stigma is prejudicial attitudes and discriminating behavior towards individuals with mental health problems. These behaviors towards the individuals often times times hurts their reputation. According to psychologist Graham Davey studies revealed “…the most commonly held belief was that people with mental health problems were dangerous.” People had these

Many people completely misunderstand mental disorders and don’t bother trying to correct mistakes made by themselves or others. Depression is no exception. Although it is one of the most common mental disorders categorized in the United States, how is it still such an issue? Although it is so common many people do not recognize the signs in others due to media portrayal, gender stereotypes, and the many misconceptions about this serious mental disorder.

The stigma of mental health is one that has been around for many years and still persists in modern society. According to The Oxford Dictionary, stigma is defined as “A mark of disgrace associated with a particular circumstance, quality, or person”. In regards to mental health, it means that people within the past and current times look upon someone with a mental illness as something is wrong with them. This stigma is also expressed in literature.

There are many things that people say to others who have been feeling depressed or are depressed: "you could have it worse," "it is just a phase," "stop being sad and cheer up." These people do not understand how much depression can affect a person's life and is an everyday struggle. Depression is known to be a state of sadness, but can last for years and is more than being upset or a change in appetite. Depression affects a person in multiple ways: physically, mentally, and emotionally. It is when a person suffers from feeling worthless, hopeless, and other negative feelings. Sometimes it could be life threatening and cause recurring thoughts of doing suicidal acts. In fact, "most people who have clinical depression

Depression is a mental illness that affects more than society shows. Society has this “don 't ask, don 't tell” policy on depression. Depression, which is viewed as a weakness, something that many people say, “you can just get over.” However, just like any serious illness, depression, could be life threatening and takes time to overcome. The American Psychiatric Association characterizes depression as a “serious medical illness that negatively affects how you feel, the way you think and how you act.” (“What Is

Depression is a condition that affects people more primarily in the work force, it lasts forever if untreated. In the United States those with depression are “two times to three times more likely to be unemployed, and their employment rate is 15 percentage points lower than for those without depression” (by Christopher Prinz from PBS Newshour). It is not easy for someone with depression or any mental illness to apply for jobs or get interviewed. I believe that people, especially in the work force always see you as weak minded if knowing about the depression. Look at it this way, a job is rarely understanding when it comes a mental illness, just like a therapist or physciatrist when it comes to the workforce, they want you to be happy and healthy

People take depression as a joke. The sad truth is that most people don’t realize something is seriously wrong until they’re saying “rest in peace” and attending a funeral. People often joke about depression and they joke about being “depressed” for things like failing a test and some even get being depressed and being upset all mixed up. Not everyone knows how serious depression actually is but some do and they simply don’t care. The media portrays depression as something light, something that will just pass. That’s not how it goes or how it should be, there are even TV shows joking about depression, there are people on social media joking about being depressed or making fun or someone depressed and there is absolutely no punishment for the actions. Everyone want’s to claim they knew you or felt sorry for you after you have committed suicide, maybe that’s because they didn’t want to be made fun of for helping so they joined in on the fun and “games”

What do you think of when someone says they have depression? Most people would think that means that the person lies in bed and cries a lot during an episode but sometimes people act just the same as they would normally. Not everyone with depression presents it in the same way. There are major changes that can point to depression and these are different depending on the person. While depression cannot be completely cured you can manage it better. In order to better understand how people that have depression behave we have to look at the stereotypes, the symptoms, and the treatment options that are available.

The social stigma surrounding depression, especially in adolescents is vital in order to ensure the discrepancies between the actual-self and social norms doesn’t affect it more and create a negative cycle. Depression already affects the mood of individuals and makes it difficult to achieve hopes and desires (ideal-self) but it is also essential to improve societies stigma of mental illness to improve on social norms surrounding the duties of individuals (ought-self). Improving the awareness and stigma of depression and mental illness will allow for less of a discrepancy between actual-self and ought-self allowing for the negative cycle to be reduced in individuals (Calear, Griffiths & Christensen 2011). The Australian stigmatisation has dramatically

Many Australian studies have found that depression has a negative stigma in the media and general public. It was found that a small majority of the public saw depression as a sign of weakness, those who were depressed were unpredictable and

A question that wasn’t represented much in my other source is what is the cause of this stigma. A good source for this question is “Mental Health Stigma” on Psychology Today. This article also covers many different issues relating back to people’s views on mental health. Some factors that contribute to this are the history of them being thought of as violent “demonic or spirit possession” and media “perpetuating stigmatizing stereotypes of people with mental health problems” .

They think that it may be just someone looking for attention or someone being sad for a while. They don’t understand that it is a mental illness and very much a real thing. Madison says, "I think that a lot of people don’t think I'm depressed because I can put a smile on my face. Just because I'm not sad and crying 24/7, doesn't mean I'm not depressed. I can still laugh at a joke and things can take my mind off the hurt, but in the end, I still have this unresolved hurt that is depression. A lot of make the mistake of assuming that because someone can smile and laugh it means that they're not depressed. We're not talking about how a depressed person feels in a given moment, we're talking about their deep feelings." People don't want to accept that depression is happening all around us. People need to be more aware of what depression actually is instead of assuming that no one is depressed. Maddy thinks that the mold of society should be broken and schools should give awareness to mental illnesses like depression because they are more common than people