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    Brosh’s first post on depression, “Adventures in Depression”, describes the grueling progression into apathy she experienced. She makes reference to the obscurity in cause of her depression by saying “Some people have a legitimate reason to feel depressed, but not me. I just woke up one day feeling sad and helpless for absolutely no reason.” Brosh goes on to counteract this, stating “It’s disappointing to feel sad for no reason. Sadness can be almost pleasantly indulgent when you have a way to justify

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    When most people hear the phrase “The Great Depression” they only associate it the crash of the stock market and the hard times that followed. Here in the Midwest, when we think of the Great Depression we also think of the Dust Bowl and the Dirty Thirties. The Great Depression was a very climactic end to a series of poor choices that greatly affected the entire United States. During the “Roaring Twenties” in the United States, the stock market had never been better. When vice president Calvin Coolidge

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    that took place. The Great Depression was a big event that took place before the birth of my great grandmother. The Great Depression had a huge impact on Mildred's parents. My great grandmother was born in 1938, which was the end point of the Great Depression. It was a period of a huge economical downfall in the United States. It was ranked the worst and also the longest period of unemployment being high.("Great Depression Facts") The president during The Great Depression was Herbert Hoover. The Reconstruction

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    far-reaching consequences as the Great Depression. This experience was the most extended and severe depression of the Western world. It was an economic downturn that began in 1929 and lasted until 1939. A large amount of America’s labor force lost their jobs and suffered during this crisis. During the nation’s financial disaster, Franklin Delano Roosevelt became president and made extensive changes to America’s political structure. The effects of the Great Depression had lasting consequences that are

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    people think that the stock crash was to blame for the Great Depression but that is not correct. Both the crash and depression were the result of problems with the economy that were still underneath society 's minds. The depression affected people in a series of ways: poverty is spreading causing farm distress, unemployment, health, family stresses and unfortunately, discrimination increases. America tended to blame Hoover for the depression and all the problems. When the 1932 election came people weren’t

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    Paul Von Hindenburg appointed Adolf Hitler Chancellor on the 30th January 1933. The Depression did play a vital role in this, however other factors such as the Nazis propaganda, the resentment of the Weimar republic and the political situation of 1932-1933 also contributed to his success. Before the Great Depression, the Nazis gained 12 seats and 2.6% of the vote in the May election of 1928. Despite this, by July 1932, Hitler gained 230 seats and 37.3% of the vote in the Reichstag. This is a dramatic

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    Chemical Processes in Depression Over the past sixty to seventy years, depression has become ten times more likely to occur in the world’s population. Depression is technically defined as being associated with feelings of hopelessness and dejection. While some simply view depression as an arrangement of various sad feelings, there are both chemical causes and treatments to the many different types of depression that are common in our world today. In today’s society, there has been an abundance

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    easy to diagnose depression. Diagnosing depression is difficult because not all signs can be visibly seen straight away. The clinical depression disorder is the kind of depression that is experienced for weeks or even months or years. Depression sufferers usually see things differently than most people as they start having a negative attitude. The actual cause for depression is still unknown. There’s a set of standards that psychologists and psychiatrists use to diagnose depression and they are set

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    and Treating Depression Americans are obsessed with happiness, yet increasingly depressed. A dominant theme in our society is that you should be happy, and if you are not, there is something wrong with you. Life can be difficult at times and people do not seem to realize that everyone has different circumstances. There are about 15 million Americans that battle the disease of depression. Our society is in the throes of a virtual epidemic of depression (Psychology today). Depression is the most common

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    Depression has always been a problem for us as human beings. Many documents point to depression as being a long-standing health problem that has been present for ages. Depression “was initially called ‘melancholia’. The earliest accounts of melancholia appeared in ancient Mesopotamian texts in the second millennium B.C. At this time, all mental illnesses were attributed to demonic possession, and were attended to by priests” (Nemade, Reiss, and Dombeck). It was first understood as a spiritual illness

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