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Depression is a mental state of low mood and aversion to activity. [3] It affects about 3.5% of the global population, or about 280 million people worldwide, as of 2020. [4] Depression affects a person's thoughts, behavior, feelings, and sense of well-being. [5]
A mildly depressed level of consciousness or alertness may be classed as lethargy; someone in this state can be aroused with little difficulty. [1] People who are obtunded have a more depressed level of consciousness and cannot be fully aroused. [1] [2] Those who are not able to be aroused from a sleep-like state are said to be stuporous.
Depressed individuals have a shorter life expectancy than those without depression, in part because people who are depressed are at risk of dying of suicide. [269] About 50% of people who die of suicide have a mood disorder such as major depression, and the risk is especially high if a person has a marked sense of hopelessness or has both ...
These words are particularly unsettling for people who are depressed. Forced positivity “induces shame toward negative and uncomfortable feelings,” says Davin, who suggests first listening and ...
A person living with depression can feel sad or hopeless, lose interest in previously enjoyed activities, experience negative changes in sleep or appetite, and struggle to complete tasks ...
The Poona Pact was an agreement between nominal Hindus and the Depressed Classes and was signed by 23 people including Madan Mohan Malaviya, on behalf of Hindus and Gandhi, and Dr Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar on behalf of The Depressed Classes. [2]
It was popularised by Ambedkar, himself a Dalit, [13] who included all depressed people irrespective of their caste into the definition of Dalits. [14] It covered people who were excluded from the fourfold varna system of Hinduism and thought of themselves as forming a fifth varna, describing themselves as Panchama . [ 15 ]
For people who are diagnosed with depression, spending time looking at depression memes—even those that may feel “dark” to others—may be a good thing, according to a 2020 study published ...