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How to use the word Depression in a Sentence?

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Depression: Is it a human condition one can live with or a condition on should succumb to?

– James Anthony Kenny

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11 months ago

Because I wasn’t permitted to have an abortion and the trauma and the PTSD and the depression that I have dealt with in the eight months since this happened to me is paralyzing, on top of that, I am still struggling to have children.

– Amanda Zurawski

Found on CNN
12 months ago

Today, our view of genuine reality is increasingly clouded by professionals whose technical expertise often introduces a superficial and soulless model of the person that denies moral significance. Perhaps the most devastating example for human values is the process of medicalization through which ordinary unhappiness and normal bereavement have been transformed into clinical depression, existential angst turned into anxiety disorders, and the moral consequences of political violence recast as post-traumatic stress disorder. That is, suffering is redefined as mental illness and treated by professional experts, typically with medication. I believe that this diminishes the person,

– Arthur Kleinman

added by JokerGem
1 year ago

I always treated my depression like I did with losing my hair, it’s just kind of like, ‘Oh yeah, that’s just part of my makeup.’.

– Barreto Fetterman

Found on CNN
1 year ago

These kinds of personal things accelerated the depression.

– Barreto Fetterman

Found on CNN
1 year ago

I don’t have any regrets because I believe that I had a responsibility to do the debate, but after that point, to me, that was where the depression really started to set in.

– Barreto Fetterman

Found on CNN
1 year ago

I want everyone to know that depression is treatable, and treatment works, this isn’t about politics — right now there are people who are suffering with depression in red counties and blue counties. If you need help, please get help.

– Barreto Fetterman

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Losing interest due to performance issues is common, but HSDD is its own thing, it’s an absence of erotic thoughts and a lack of desire for sex that has to be present for six months. It also cannot be better explained by another disorder or other stressors: It can’t be due to depression. It can’t be due to a bad relationship. It can’t be due to taking an antidepressant.

– Stanley Althof

Found on CNN
1 year ago

These bathroom bans hurt students’ academic achievement – and the educators held accountable for students’ success. Discriminatory policies affect more than just grades: LGBTQ+ students who experience discrimination, like being prohibited from using the restroom, report higher levels of depression and lower self-esteem. Enforcing these bills would be prohibitively expensive and time-consuming for schools and extraordinarily invasive toward transgender students.

– Melanie Willingham-Jaggers

Found on CNN
1 year ago

When Pete’s two children were born, he took two months maternity leave, where upon thousands of travelers were stranded in airports, the air traffic system shut down, airplanes nearly collided in midair, i mean, Pete Buttigieg is the only person in human history to have a child and all the rest of us get postpartum depression.

– Mike Pence

Found on CNN
1 year ago

You can call the depression hotline.

– The Blonde Jon

added by TheBlondeJon
1 year ago

In someone who’s already had depression even before their stroke, this puts him at much greater risk and requires much more aggressive treatment.

– Daniel Bober

Found on CNN
1 year ago

A lot of people with stroke have to adjust to new reality of what their body and brain can do. And in some people that adjustment can lead to depression.

– Will Cronenwett

Found on CNN
1 year ago

People with depression sometimes have trouble with activities of daily living. They may shut down or may stop eating. The hospital can support them in their activities of daily living. Some people may have thoughts about suicide, and the hospital can be a place of safety, while they are recovering.

– Will Cronenwett

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Generally, the reason that someone presents to a hospital for a psychiatric condition like depression is because either they are acutely suicidal or they have been deemed unable to take care of themselves. And when I say unable to take care of themselves, I mean, their basic needs – food, hydration, hygiene – are all things that they’re required to do on a daily basis, and they are unable to do this due to the severity of their depression.

– Daniel Bober

Found on CNN
1 year ago

When we say talk therapy, we’re talking about different kinds of therapy, particularly cognitive behavioral therapy, also known as CBT. CBT has been shown to be very effective in combination with medication. And psychotherapy is an essential component to treat someone who has severe depression, the good news is that there are very good treatments for depression and there are response rates that are as high as 80% of people within four to six weeks. So I am very hopeful that he will make a full recovery.

– Daniel Bober

Found on CNN
1 year ago

If you have what we refer to as a treatment-resistant depression, we may use things like TMS — transcranial magnetic stimulation — and we still use ECT, or electroconvulsive therapy. So there really is a large compendium of therapies available, the key is getting care. The vast majority of people will have their symptoms remit with proper treatment through psychotherapy and/or medication.

– Ohio State Carpenter

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Late-life depression should be a geriatric issue that the public and researchers need to be paying more attention to, like on a similar level with Alzheimer’s and other neurological conditions.

– Xinye Qiu

Found on CNN
1 year ago

I'm fine, it's my depression and anxiety that have to seek treatment.

– Wesley D'Amico

added by WesleyD'Amico
1 year ago

I'm fine, the one with depression is my anxiety.

– Wesley D'Amico

added by WesleyD'Amico
1 year ago

I'm fine, the one with anxiety is my depression.

– Wesley D'Amico

added by WesleyD'Amico
1 year ago

All you have to do is lose weight, and people are going to want to hang out with you, people will want to be your friend, and your anxiety and depression are going to be gone, but that’s not reality.

– Joann Hendelman

Found on CNN
1 year ago

We know that victims of bullying can experience negative impacts across all domains of their lives, it infringes upon their mental, emotional, physical, social and academic functioning. This may look like low self-esteem, depression, isolation, physical complaints like headaches or stomachaches, or avoiding going to school.

– Amanda McGough

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Be proud of yourself. Don’t listen to them, don’t let yourself be put down. Depression is part of being alive.

– Anthony Hopkins

Found on CNN
1 year ago

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