The Book ' The Crazy Thing '

Depression is not only a mental illness that disables one’s ability to think and act freely, but it can actually mold someone into a different person while taking over his or her entire life. The dark illness

Depression- the most diagnosed mental illness in the world- is also the most misunderstood. Depression?a sad or discontented mood?can leave a person feeling lethargic, unmotivated, or hopeless, and in some cases ? contemplate suicide. Unfortunately, depression usually begins as high levels of anxiety and with exposure to trauma in children. Higher levels of anxiety or exposure to stress-inducing and traumatic situations as a child could mean an increased risk of depression as an adult. Although a serious mental illness all over the world in

There is an illness like none other, that sweeps across nations but is not contagious. It withdraws any and all feelings of all from from every area of life. Many experience it after a specific situation that elicits extreme sadness, loss, or pain. Other’s feel it for no apparent reason and are left seemingly to fend for themselves in the only dark abyss that they know. This malady is known as depression affects many people of all kinds every singly year. If the world knew how depression truly affects its victims, it would realize it’s not merely a mood or emotion one experiences, but rather a true and physical disease.

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.

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:

The first time I heard my dad say something bad to my brother was after our very first physical fight. My older brother Kenny and I used to always fight over everything most times those fights would end with one of us crying. I pulled his hair and he started crying and I started crying so I wouldn’t get in trouble. My dad was trying to calm us down, but I noticed the difference in the way he did it. He would be gentle when he

The book Ordinary People by Judith Guests is about a seventeen year old boy named Conrad Jarrett. Conrad is diagnosed with depression and tries to commit suicide. His depression developed after his brother Buck dies from drowning. In the book we find out even though Conrad 's depression developed after Buck 's death, his mother 's arrogance and his father 's assertive behavior of teaching him how to grow up are all factors of his depression. Depression is a type of mental disorder and all mental disorders need to be given proper treatment. Unfortunately the way the world works, is that people can be given proper treatment and care if and only they have money to pay for it. Treatments of mental disorders all depend upon which class the mentally ill fall into.

This mental health issue not only affects the person but also he families. The person dealing with this will deny that they are ill, and to interpret the family’s efforts to get help as unnecessary interference because in the patient’s mind they are ok. Unless the person gains some insight into his/her condition, these symptoms can contribute to not taking their needed medication that can end up leading them into losing everything such as homes, families and job. This event can lead them also to drugs, becoming homeless and their problem getting worse to the point of death or jail.

I decided to do my discussion on a woman named Alexandra Lewicke, who suffered from severe depression and self-harm disorder. She was diagnosed as a teenager, when she was a junior in high school. She was constantly bullied by others and her grades were suffering immensely. She had to be admitted to the hospital twice. She had believed that her depression was caused by all of the negative things around her, but when she moved away and began college, she realized that wasn’t the case.Despite having found wonderful new friends, a loving boyfriend, and having perfect grades, Alexandra still had the dark shadow of depression in the back of her mind. Her feelings got worse and she contemplated suicide.She knew she needed help, and so her close friends

Reacting this way may turn out to be clinical depression which affects the daily life of millions rather than just a bad case of blues. To some people, depression is just a word, but to others it is a life ruiner because it can result in increased work absence, a short-term disability,or even a decreased productivity. Fortunately, there is a variety of treatment options.

Having depression has changed me as a person. I consider my depression my darker side of me – my villain. It has caused me to lose a lot of things in life – my friends, my family, trust, love, relationships. Overcoming my inner shadow took me years. I had to face many obstacles in life and challenges I did not think I would come out of. Every day was a battlefield. I had to fight a war, and it took years. It took several years. After fighting with myself for a long time, I finally won.

Everyone will have a sad moment in their life, whether it is a death, a friend betraying he or she, or not getting accepted to the college of his or her choice. Depression can be described with many different words, but it will come down to sadness. People who live with depression will see lack of joy, energy, and happiness. They will not enjoy life, or living. They see it as pointless and useless. Many people will have a depressing moment at some point in their lifetime. The people who develop depression do not have to be poor or unsuccessful. They can be making millions a year and still be depressed, showing that money and success does not guarantee happiness. To be able to fully understand what depression is, one will need to know the

Have you ever felt like a total outsider? Or that everyone was against you? Well, surprisingly, many others have felt that way as well, even some of your favorite fictional characters. Depression and many other psychological illnesses are a result of many people’s behaviors. And who knows, the person sitting next to you in class, or the lady you see at the store could be battling a psychological illness and you don’t even realize it.

What does depression do to us? What does he need to do to solve his problem? Does rebelling will bring any good to his situation? What are the possible ways so he can face it?

I had some of my favorite memories with my uncle that include when he would tell stories or adventures, as he would consider them. The stories would be about events or life lessons that happened to him or adventures he would plan to have someday. When I was still a Buttry newbie, at a wedding I rode up with my grandparents, and everyone else would talk to someone’s else besides me. So Brandon kept me occupied with his words, we debated all time on different movies and shows. I actually had fun at that wedding because of him making me smile. Another memory, which was one of the last stories he shared with me, was when my family out visiting him. He mentioned to me how his dream was to enlist in the army, and to serve our country. Inside I didn’t want to tell him not to enlist and leave us, but all that came out of my mouth was to follow his dream. So he did, he signed up to serve our country.