Long Depression

before abandoning me at the register and making a bee-line for the door, only the sound of the chime left as his trail. “He'll be back. Wait around.” his coworker informs me, her eyes barely move from the paper she is writing on. Her voice low and long brown hair shadowing her face. I move my red painted lips to respond but chose to say nothing. The sounds of giggling, excited bridesmaids and juicy gossip being spread fill the empty space between me and the rest of the world. Without a word…

Title As we all know the world is going to change soon. Technology is taking over the labor market and making people jobless. The historic American economic philosopher Adam Smith used the term of “Invisible Hand” in one his book called “The Wealth of Nations”(IV, Chp II) explains the social benefits and individual actions. It makes sense in our day that the future will belong to “invisible hand” the technology or robots. What are we going to do without work? If robots intelligence becoming…

Depression can take hold for many different reasons. When one becomes depressed, the mind may lose all sense of organization, imagination, and reality. I know. I've been there. I have been challenged with too much at one time. When this happens, focusing on any one thing becomes virtually impossible. It was easier to turn the T.V. on and tune out. I would sit for hours watching non thought provoking shows. I would find and create different comfort foods to shove in my mouth. Knowing none of the…

of cigarettes, and doesn’t ever feel like anyone can ever live up to his expectations. “As many as 8.3 percent of teens suffer depression for at least a year at a time, compared to about 5.3 percent of the general population.” (“Teen”). In the first chapter of The Catcher in the Rye, Caulfield tells his story of getting kicked out of his school. One symptom of depression is having poor performance in school. Caulfield tells us, “ I was flunking four subjects and not applying myself- especially…

Depression plagues the lives of many: in fact, an estimated 350 million of all ages suffer from the mental illness. Jane Kenyon, an award-winning contemporary poet, was one of the victims, as she frequently wrote about the battle that afflicted her adult life while fighting leukemia as well. However, Jane Kenyon felt an enlightening, comforting presence she associated with Christianity, which she revealed once she and her husband moved to Eagle Pond Farm. Jane Kenyon’s poems depict themes…

Depression is not just a change in ones mood or a sign of weakness; it’s actually a medical condition with many factors such as emotional and physical behavioral symptoms. Many people in today’s society are ashamed to seek appropriate help and end up suffering through these hard times alone, which leads to many harmful behaviors and even worse case scenario, such as death. What people fail to realize is that depression is a health problem that has treatments, but in order for it to work one must…

excessive in terms of intensity and duration, and then it starts to interfere significantly with their daily lives. In these cases, we are facing a mental depression frame. Depression is a serious mental disorder and it is the most prevalent mental disorder in the United States (1). It is estimated that about 3-5% of the world population suffers from depression (2). This colossal growth in recent decades is due to many factors, some of them are in the busy life that our population has today and…

Over 15 million American citizens suffer from some form of long term depression, not to mention the thousands of others who suffer from seasonal and occasional depression. However, almost every person has experienced the guttural feeling of grief. Jonathan Safran Foer, author of Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, is a mastermind at depicting grief through the eyes of others. Oskar, a nine year old boy who lost the most important person in his life to 9/11, has been trying to find a reason to…

was assessed for anti-depressant medications and was given a prescription to help her through the first several months. Over the months of her therapy, it became clear that Valeria had begun to rely on alcohol and was drinking to self-medicate her depression. The psychiatrist noted that Valeria’s family needed to address its poor communication, which became pronounced after the death of a family member. Valeria’s substance abuse was, in part a symptom of her pain and her inability to express her…

An Interview with Lucas Depression has affected the lives of countless people in this world, and it continues to affect countless more each day. These people, though ridden with extreme suffering, are sometimes the most amazing and sincere you will ever meet. Lucas is a man I’ve known since I was 5, and I have seen him go through one of the roughest types of depression. What follows is and interview and an attempt to dive into the mind of the depressed and consequently, find out the ways one…