Psychotic depression

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.…

feel special. The youth who are victims of cyberbullying are the ones with inferior grades. The reasons these children have inferior grades is because some children will fall into a state of depression. Depression is the feelings of severe despondency and dejection. The children who are going through depression no longer want to be bothered with anyone because the people they trusted betrayed them, so they believe their only option is…

In the movie Ordinary People, the main character, Conrad Jarrett, suffers from what appears to be either Major Depression or Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. The diagnostic criteria for Major Depression in the DSM-5 is: depressed mood most of the day, diminished interest or pleasure in most activities, significant weight loss when not dieting, insomnia, psychomotor retardation, fatigue or loss of energy, feeling of worthlessness, diminished ability to concentrate, and recurrent thoughts of death…

Living on the rez is not living your dreams. You can’t hope for something good to happen in the future. In the rez, poverty is all there is. All everyone does in the rez is give up. People dying because of alcohol. Poor schools. People living in trailer homes. No money for gas to take someone to school. The rez is a horrible place. It is the place of where all Hope and Dreams are lost. Arnold is talking about his parents and how they could have been someone important but sadly they didn’t…

Kashmala Rehman Losing a cherished one is sorrowful enough, but watching a loved one go away slowly is even more depressing. Alzheimer’s is a disease that can occur is middle to old age which causes people to lose their memory and other important mental functions. In the stories “The Moustache” and “Jan’s Story”, Mike and Barry go through a traumatic experience of losing a loved one because of the disease. They had to be a caregiver for the person who had lost their memory and as a result, they…

300.82 Somatic Symptom Disorder with Predominant Pain and Persistent – Severe V61.03 Disruption of family by separation or divorce V61.10 Relationship distress with spouse or intimate partner V62.29 Other problem related to employment Justification of 300.82 - Somatic Symptom Disorder with Predominant Pain and Persistent – Severe Matt has more than one somatic symtom present that is causing him distress and significant disrution in his daily life. Matt has overal pain, specifcilly…

Bereavement relates to the deprivation of someone by death. For an individual, the death of a love one can be considered one of the greatest losses one may have. Nonetheless, an individual may also have feelings of bereavement when having other losses, such as the loss of health, the end of an important relationship, or health loss by someone close to the individual. Another healthy response to loss is grief. All individuals have different feelings of grief, but there are some particular…