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What Is Depression
Before we get into the scientific standpoint on depression, let’s
get a clear understanding of what depression feels like. Depression
feels like an overwhelming sense of uselessness, pointlessness, and
lethargy.
Let me explain this. When you are in a state of depression, you will
feel as though you have no motivation for anything, nothing excites
you, nothing interests you, and even the smallest tasks can feel
unconquerable.
Many people experience overwhelming sadness and distress, often
times seemingly for no reason and
in some cases the mind will dwell
on negative and depressive
thoughts, further enhancing and
encouraging these feelings of
depression.
When you are depressed, the only
thing that makes sense to you is the thought of curling up in bed
and closing your eyes in the hope that the world and everything in
it will just disappear.
You lose all interest in what is going on in your life and it can
seem that no matter how hard you try, or how hard your friends and
family try to pull you out of this state, nothing ever works, as
though you are falling deeper and deeper into a black hole.
So what does science and more specifically medicine say about
depression?
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