Depression

What is Depression?

According to Google’s Dictionary, depression is a mental condition characterized by feelings of severe despondency and dejection, typically also with feelings of inadequacy and guilt, often accompanied by lack of energy and disturbance of appetite and sleep. Depression is a real illness that affects our brain activity mainly because of the stress that we encounter in our daily lives. Depression starts when you feel the sadness, emptiness and hopelessness linger in you emotionally. Guilt, irritability, mental and physical symptoms, loss of energy, loss of interest, or in short, being pessimistic about life itself are the symptoms of people that have depression. Part of understanding what depression is, is knowing what it isn’t.  Depression is not weakness. It is not a personality flaw. It is not laziness. It is not a bad mood that will soon pass on its own. Depression is the feeling of total emptiness. It is seeing darkness in the midst of light. It is feeling the coldness under the summer heat. It is feeling the deafening silence of each melody that you hear.  Though depression is not your fault. It is not moodiness. It is a mood disorder. And fortunately, there are things that we can do to be of some help in order for you to overcome it.