Depression: Living With Depression

Depression is a very serious mental illness that has in some way affected most humans. Some people believe that depression can be treated by using certain types or medicine, but that is not always the case. There are some other ways of treating it such as just taking to the person about what is bothering them. The majority of people, however, just learn how to deal with their depression because it can be so hard to get rid of. Depression can be caused by a number of different things like traumatic events, family member or close friends passing away, or just small things that can shake someone’s world up. People tend to over look how bad some types of depression really are and how badly it can affect a person’s life. We also think that everyone that is depressed commits suicide but that is actually a very rare end product in most people. In an article that talks about living with depression, one man said “Living with depression is like living with a 40 ton weight on your chest, you want to get up and move, but you just feel like you can’t.” Depression can also lead to more illnesses such as anorexia or even bigorexia, which makes a person feel like there body is not big enough.

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Depression is usually more talked about in teens or young adult, but it can be found in all ages. Living with someone who …show more content…
Personally I have never dealt with someone with depression but I know from hearing about it that it is very emotionally draining and can take years and years to really be able to understand and help the situation. A lot of times, the person dealing with depression is very shut down to help and thinks that they can get through it themselves, but the majority of the time that is not really the case, although they don’t realize that until long after they have denied any sort of