Mar 31, 2023 · People who have gone through adverse life events (unemployment, bereavement, traumatic events) are more likely to develop depression. Depression can, in turn, lead to more stress and dysfunction and worsen the affected person’s life situation and the depression itself. Depression is closely related to and affected by physical health.

Apr 13, 2016 · Depression can cause difficulties in all aspects of life, including performance at school, productivity at work, relationships with family, friends and community. Researchers estimate that 12 billion productive work days are lost every year to depression and anxiety alone, at a cost of nearly US$ 1 trillion.

Depression is ranked as the single largest contributor to global disability (7.5% of all years lived with disability in 2015). At its worst, depression can lead to suicide; over 800 000 people die due to suicide every year. It is the second leading cause of death in 15-29-year-olds.

Depression is both important and difficult to talk about so focus is essential. Posts here need to be support requests specifically related to depression, and comments need to be supportive of the OP. If you want to talk about thoughts or risk of suicide, please post at /r/SuicideWatch.

Mar 30, 2017 · Depression increases the risk of substance use disorders and diseases such as diabetes and heart disease; the opposite is also true, meaning that people with these other conditions have a higher risk of depression. Depression is also an important risk factor for suicide, which claims hundreds of thousands of lives each year.

Jun 8, 2022 · Depression In 2019, 280 million people were living with depression, including 23 million children and adolescents (1). During a depressive episode, the person experiences depressed mood (feeling sad, irritable, empty) or a loss of pleasure or interest in activities, for most of the day, nearly every day, for at least two weeks.

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Oct 11, 2021 · You're entitled to your feelings of sadness. My depression is probably chronic and when I have episodes they're severe - like dropping out of school, stop showering, can't get up to pee or eat, can't answer texts, can't leave the house, suicidal etc. But when I've had light periods of depression they sounded like what you described.

Number of persons with depressive disorder (major depressive disorder/depressive episode or dysthymia) in the last year.

Sep 16, 2021 · For me it's unbearable, i get trapped in never ending thought loops/fixations and the way depression affects motivation (which is already bad with ADHD), then leading to wasting away in your room which then leads to feelings of worthlessness because you never get anything done which then leads you down an even deeper pit, and THEN you fixate on all mentioned …