Depression is not synonymous to being sad, frustrated, agitated, or just simply the inability to express yourself.
Dr.Winch of Psychology Today, in his Ted Talk tried to dehaze some misconceptions about the two.
Sadness is a normal human emotion. We’ve all experienced it and we all will again. Sadness is usually triggered by a difficult, hurtful, challenging, or disappointing event, experience, or situation. In other words, we tend to feel sad about something. This also means that when that something changes, when our emotional hurt fades, when we’ve adjusted or gotten over the loss or disappointment, our sadness remits.
Depression is an abnormal emotional state, a mental illness that affects our thinking, emotions, perceptions, and behaviors in pervasive and chronic ways. When we’re depressed we feel sad about everything. Depression does not necessarily require a difficult event or situation, a loss, or a change of circumstance as a trigger. In fact, it often occurs in the absence of any such triggers. Most importantly, the people experiencing the illness mostly seem perfect on paper as far as their lives are concern. They would even admit this is true—and yet they still feel horrible. You can not just snap out of it, no matter how circumstances around you change until and unless you consult a doctor.
It is an illness, you need to be treated and you have to accept that.
Just as every sign of flu is not covid-19, every sign of sadness is not depression. Having said that just as it is suggested that you need to treat your flu right away, if you think you are sad or if you know someone who is sad and going through tough times, help them and make them feel at home.
Depression is NOT as trivial as diarrhoea and should NOT be used callously to describe simply ANY unhappy state of mind. It's not something you can just shake off your own, if you did I am glad but dear you were not depressed..You just needed time!
Before we deal with depression, let us make sure that we know what's NOT depression.
Talking and opening up helps so consult a doctor anyway and if you know someone, help them express themselves if they can't.
A little talking goes a long way! 😊
#StayHappy
#StayHealthy
#StayBlessed
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