Sadness is something everyone experiences. It is a normal reaction to difficult times in life and usually passes with a little time. When a person has depression, it interferes with daily life and normal functioning. It can cause pain for both the person with depression and those who care about him or her. Doctors call this condition “depressive disorder,” or “clinical depression.” It is a real illness. (Department of Health and Human Services). Major Depressive Disorder impacts all racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic groups and can occur at any age (Stanford Medicine). Over nine million American adults suffer from clinical depression each year. This estimate is likely to be higher since depression commonly remains undiagnosed and untreated
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Curtiss, the author of "Depression is a Choice" explains her view on depression. As a former depression sufferer herself, Curtiss claims that there is a secret to depression. She insists, "The secret to depression is very much the secret of learning to read. Isn 't it simple and easy when we know how? Our great-grandparents used willpower instead of Prozac and Zoloft. They valued conscience, responsibility, honesty, commitment, dedication, sacrifice, hard work, and courage, and they practiced learning to bear suffering. These concepts were universally taught to children, who naturally employed them as adults. These concepts had been tested and revered for thousands of years. People trusted their lives to them. In the 1960s, we threw them all out." Essentially what Curtiss is saying is, depression is a problem, but it can be overcome without medicating oneself. The way in which people conduct their life gives them the power to feel the way they want to, as our ancestors once did. Curtiss isn’t the only person to view depression as a …show more content…
Exercise, for example, is known to play a role both in starving it off and helping to banish it. Although, it is certainly not true that depression is a brain condition caused by lack of exercise, otherwise professional athletes would never suffer from it. (Brown, 2011). There are also many behaviors and activities to avoid when at risk of depression. A team of researchers, that included the dean of Michigan State University 's College of Communication Arts and Sciences found that, “Using a mobile phone for temporary relief from negative emotions could worsen psychological conditions and spiral into unregulated and problematic use of mobile phones.” (Michigan State University, 2015) Many people also look to antidepressants to treat depression. Antidepressants help a large number of people who have depression, but researchers explain why antidepressants may have a negative
Curtiss, the author of "Depression is a Choice" explains her view on depression. As a former depression sufferer herself, Curtiss claims that there is a secret to depression. She insists, "The secret to depression is very much the secret of learning to read. Isn 't it simple and easy when we know how? Our great-grandparents used willpower instead of Prozac and Zoloft. They valued conscience, responsibility, honesty, commitment, dedication, sacrifice, hard work, and courage, and they practiced learning to bear suffering. These concepts were universally taught to children, who naturally employed them as adults. These concepts had been tested and revered for thousands of years. People trusted their lives to them. In the 1960s, we threw them all out." Essentially what Curtiss is saying is, depression is a problem, but it can be overcome without medicating oneself. The way in which people conduct their life gives them the power to feel the way they want to, as our ancestors once did. Curtiss isn’t the only person to view depression as a …show more content…
Exercise, for example, is known to play a role both in starving it off and helping to banish it. Although, it is certainly not true that depression is a brain condition caused by lack of exercise, otherwise professional athletes would never suffer from it. (Brown, 2011). There are also many behaviors and activities to avoid when at risk of depression. A team of researchers, that included the dean of Michigan State University 's College of Communication Arts and Sciences found that, “Using a mobile phone for temporary relief from negative emotions could worsen psychological conditions and spiral into unregulated and problematic use of mobile phones.” (Michigan State University, 2015) Many people also look to antidepressants to treat depression. Antidepressants help a large number of people who have depression, but researchers explain why antidepressants may have a negative