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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 ...
She emphatically distinguishes depression—"extremely painful... kind of an emotional black hole"—from bittersweetness, which is "a normal part of human experience and one of (its) most generative parts". [4] Melancholy is said to allow one to "feel connected to the ecstasies of the universe", but depression is a source of despair. [21]
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 ...
Sadness is an emotional pain associated with, or characterized by, feelings of disadvantage, loss, despair, grief, helplessness, disappointment and sorrow. An individual experiencing sadness may become quiet or lethargic , and withdraw themselves from others.
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]
The wise person (sophos) is someone who is free from the passions . Instead of passion, the sage experiences good-feelings (eupatheia) which are clear-headed. [11] These emotional impulses are not excessive, but nor are they diminished emotions. [12] [13] Instead they are the correct rational emotions. [13]
Psychologist Paul Gilbert provides factors that can reduce the likelihood of someone being willing to be compassionate to another. These include (less): likability, competence, deservedness, empathic-capacity; (more) self-focused competitiveness, anxiety-depression, overwhelmed [needs copy edit]; and inhibitors in social structures and systems ...
The sad clown paradox is the contradictory association, in performers, between comedy and mental disorders such as depression and anxiety. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] For those affected, early life is characterised by feelings of deprivation and isolation, where comedy evolves as a release for tension, removing feelings of suppressed physical rage through a ...