In the land of silent.
As most of you whom already knew me or have been following my site closely, you would have realized that I am rather a 'dark' artist and I have always been morbidly fascinated by a lot of things in a dark fashion. Anyway, I am not the main topic of today.
Well, since Steph needed some help regarding her project so I guess I will provide some help for her? So here I am, presenting to all my viewers an article about depression. Hopefully, it could prove useful to her in some ways. Many a time, people assume or question the owner of this site itself. Is the author himself seriously depressed or he just hates the world? Or maybe life has been very unfair to him in one way or another.
A friend of mine once suggested a very interesting theory. She said that the author behind this pitch dark cyberspace would perhaps be a fat, ugly and heartbroken guy whom felt the world had gave up on him. No offend against any overweight guys please. I am just quoting her directly. It is an interesting theory I thought but nevertheless a stereotype theory though. Why is it that fat and ugly people are associated with depression? Does it means when you are not physically inclined or superficially beautiful, the world will not readily accept you? So what is it? The world has no penitence for less good looking people; less fortunate people? She's not in the wrong too, mind you. The world has not been quite a nice place lately.
It's not because life has been unfair to me or anything , I do my art the way it is because I feel that since I could present to you reality I would. Having met and known a lot of depressed people in my life, minor or major ones, I guess there is no one else in a better position to write this. The only thing is, I didn't go through depression myself.
So let's start with why people get depressed shall we? The way I see it, people get depressed because of various reasons. We shall look at the 3 main types. Firstly, self-blame. People tend to blame themselves when they did wrong but depressed people never get out of this. They stay the same way for days, blaming and laying the guilt on themselves. Secondly, it's self-pity. Those whom have made mistakes and were treated unfairly in their workplace will indulge in this behavior. They will tend to pity themselves in such situation and will not attempt to make it any better, they just keep telling themselves it's such a pity, such sorrow and they never get better. Eventually, they ended up depressed. Lastly, it's the pity-others. These people are usually very emotional and feel a lot towards others. Take for instance, a beggar on the streets. This person will feel a lot towards his state, he will keep thinking about the miseries the beggar went through and began a series of morbid thoughts which eventually depressed the person deeply.
I must say that not all depressions starts with relationships issues but it's usually somehow involved in it. Though, what I have covered is not ALL of the reasons why people get depressed but it's the few main reasons. Here's the breakdown of the no. of depressed people in the states.
Seven to 12 per cent of men suffer from diagnosable depression, and 20 to 25 per cent of women.
There are many theories as to why the figure is higher for women.
The incidence of postnatal depression certainly contributes to the higher figure.
Let's just go straight in teens depression then.
Each year 500,000 young adults, aged 15 to 25, attempt suicide.
Each year 5,000 young adults succeed.
Suicide is the third leading cause of death among 15 to 25 year olds.
Without treatment, of those who attempt suicide, 80 percent are likely to try again.
Teen depression almost always leads to suicidal thoughts.
Facts taken from bbc-health.com
With all these in mind, you will want to know what are the symptoms of depression won't you?
Traumatic events or changes in your life (an abusive parent, divorce, death of a loved one, or breaking up with a longtime girlfriend or boyfriend, for example)
Difficult coping with your anger
Prblems in school lifestyle changes such as weight loss, weight gain, or difficulty sleeping a desire to drink alcohol or use drugs an interest in violence or a growing fear of violence.
To put it in layman terms, the moment suicide thoughts such as cutting yourself up or jumping down the block will means serious depression and you will need to seek help.
If I will to go on, this will turn out to be a scientific report more than an article. I will not go into the means of curing depression. The reason I am doing this article is to bring awareness that depression is around you and that it is not a normal reaction like anger or jealousy. It is a ILLINESS. After reading so much of what I have wrote, I believe you do know about depression in a way or another. So, at the end of the day, if you found out that you belong somewhere in this article, please go seek help. This is all I can do for you. Thank you for reading.
As most of you whom already knew me or have been following my site closely, you would have realized that I am rather a 'dark' artist and I have always been morbidly fascinated by a lot of things in a dark fashion. Anyway, I am not the main topic of today.
Well, since Steph needed some help regarding her project so I guess I will provide some help for her? So here I am, presenting to all my viewers an article about depression. Hopefully, it could prove useful to her in some ways. Many a time, people assume or question the owner of this site itself. Is the author himself seriously depressed or he just hates the world? Or maybe life has been very unfair to him in one way or another.
A friend of mine once suggested a very interesting theory. She said that the author behind this pitch dark cyberspace would perhaps be a fat, ugly and heartbroken guy whom felt the world had gave up on him. No offend against any overweight guys please. I am just quoting her directly. It is an interesting theory I thought but nevertheless a stereotype theory though. Why is it that fat and ugly people are associated with depression? Does it means when you are not physically inclined or superficially beautiful, the world will not readily accept you? So what is it? The world has no penitence for less good looking people; less fortunate people? She's not in the wrong too, mind you. The world has not been quite a nice place lately.
It's not because life has been unfair to me or anything , I do my art the way it is because I feel that since I could present to you reality I would. Having met and known a lot of depressed people in my life, minor or major ones, I guess there is no one else in a better position to write this. The only thing is, I didn't go through depression myself.
So let's start with why people get depressed shall we? The way I see it, people get depressed because of various reasons. We shall look at the 3 main types. Firstly, self-blame. People tend to blame themselves when they did wrong but depressed people never get out of this. They stay the same way for days, blaming and laying the guilt on themselves. Secondly, it's self-pity. Those whom have made mistakes and were treated unfairly in their workplace will indulge in this behavior. They will tend to pity themselves in such situation and will not attempt to make it any better, they just keep telling themselves it's such a pity, such sorrow and they never get better. Eventually, they ended up depressed. Lastly, it's the pity-others. These people are usually very emotional and feel a lot towards others. Take for instance, a beggar on the streets. This person will feel a lot towards his state, he will keep thinking about the miseries the beggar went through and began a series of morbid thoughts which eventually depressed the person deeply.
I must say that not all depressions starts with relationships issues but it's usually somehow involved in it. Though, what I have covered is not ALL of the reasons why people get depressed but it's the few main reasons. Here's the breakdown of the no. of depressed people in the states.
Seven to 12 per cent of men suffer from diagnosable depression, and 20 to 25 per cent of women.
There are many theories as to why the figure is higher for women.
The incidence of postnatal depression certainly contributes to the higher figure.
Let's just go straight in teens depression then.
Each year 500,000 young adults, aged 15 to 25, attempt suicide.
Each year 5,000 young adults succeed.
Suicide is the third leading cause of death among 15 to 25 year olds.
Without treatment, of those who attempt suicide, 80 percent are likely to try again.
Teen depression almost always leads to suicidal thoughts.
Facts taken from bbc-health.com
With all these in mind, you will want to know what are the symptoms of depression won't you?
Traumatic events or changes in your life (an abusive parent, divorce, death of a loved one, or breaking up with a longtime girlfriend or boyfriend, for example)
Difficult coping with your anger
Prblems in school lifestyle changes such as weight loss, weight gain, or difficulty sleeping a desire to drink alcohol or use drugs an interest in violence or a growing fear of violence.
To put it in layman terms, the moment suicide thoughts such as cutting yourself up or jumping down the block will means serious depression and you will need to seek help.
If I will to go on, this will turn out to be a scientific report more than an article. I will not go into the means of curing depression. The reason I am doing this article is to bring awareness that depression is around you and that it is not a normal reaction like anger or jealousy. It is a ILLINESS. After reading so much of what I have wrote, I believe you do know about depression in a way or another. So, at the end of the day, if you found out that you belong somewhere in this article, please go seek help. This is all I can do for you. Thank you for reading.
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