Freezing-point depression

Depression is a mood disorder that is diagnosed to millions of people around the world. This disorder has a prevalence of 17% among adults, and possibly even a higher amount among teens and young adults. It has, and continues, to affect me and friends to this day. It’s harsh and debilitating symptoms can wreak havoc on even the strongest and optimistic people in the world. It has multiple causes and the reasons behind it can be different for everyone. However, while the road to happiness is…

into this emotional exile. In Sylvia Plath’s The Bell Jar, Esther Greenwood spirals into a state of detachment, at first unintentionally, but then purposely. By being unaware of this emotional turmoil, Esther digs herself into a hole of deep-rooted depression and mental…

Death has long been an element in life that most people have a great deal of fear into the point that for many it is a major concern. Whether it is the fear of dying or the depression that comes from losing a loved one, the fact is that regardless the process can be very emotionally strenuous. Such an emotional journey is described by Kubler-Ross's theory of grieving which states that the process has multiple steps before acceptance. Additionally, the element of culture plays a significant role…

What do you normally think about when you hear the word ‘death’? The most common feelings and/or emotions that follow death’s path include a long list of words. A few of the words among this list include, but not limited to fear, anger, grief and depression. Is this really the way to reflect on someone’s life, though, after they have passed? In the book Zhuangzi, translated by Burton Watson, a man named Zhuangzi loses his wife and describes to the reader how someone’s death should be treated.…

What do people experience when they are lonely? They feel depressed, empty, isolated, and useless. Usually, loneliness is caused because of the lack of socialism and friendship. In John Steinbeck’s novella Of Mice and Men, almost all characters admit to one another that they are extremely lonely and need a comforting friend. But instead, they get judgemental disapproval, or a stranger who is willing to recklessly listen and then later forget. Almost all of the characters feel lonely and…

The Merriam-Webster Dictionary defines depression as “feelings of severe despondency and dejection”. Depression is just feeling sad, right? No, depression is much more than being sad or upset. Depression is misunderstood. Depression is a constant feeling of despair and hopelessness. I am angry that I am the way I am and I want to get better … but will I? I don’t know. It has been almost five years and I have given up hope. Depression is a black hole that I cannot seem to crawl out of. I claw my…

The romantic period had many themes presented throughout the period. One of the most prominent of the themes was despair. William Blake, Mary Shelley, and Samuel Taylor Coleridge all presented despair throughout their works. Despair can be presented throughout many different aspects of life, whether it be around death, inventions, or events in their lives that affect them. The lives of the people depicted in the romantic period were all defined by despair and that despair caused overwhelming in…

1.7.1. Five Stages of Dying by Elizabeth Klüber-Ross Klüber-Ross proposes five stages which will be experienced when facing the imminent death; denial and isolation, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance. She argues that if the individuals repressed the stages, they have risk to get stuck with the unresolved emotion caused by the death (Konigsberg 3). Therefore, it is suggested that the individuals are better to embrace each stage to avoid the unresolved emotion in the future.…

Review of Literature The Beginnings In fifth century that Hippocrates and his associates gave the description of depression as “Fear or sadness that last a long time mean melancholia” (Hippocrates, 1923–1931, Vol. IV, p. 185) in Greek. They defined it in a way similar to what we understand it as presently having deep sadness, worthlessness, helplessness and hopelessness as the core symptoms and related symptoms like decreased interest in usual activities, social detachment, decreased sleep and…

even suicide. Social media is the source of many social problems among youth in the modern-day America. Teenagers spend more time on the internet that they are not taking enough time to study for the quizzes. Teens no longer see a point in studying because they learned to cheat their way to the top because it takes less effort. Cheating has become a priority because they sleep less and spend more time on the internet. It is hard to study when they are more worried about sleep…