Living with depression hurts everyone around us: spouses, partners, children, parents, co-workers and friends.
There are many types of depression the effects of which reach deep into family, work and social life.
Childhood depression and depression in teens are manifestly on the rise. Depression effects both men and women.
Depression creates isolating behaviors, steals our energy and prevents us from being emotionally available to those around us.
Depression hurts so much sometimes that a person may want to harm himself or herself. The emotional pain of depression can become unbearable.
It can be difficult for loved ones to understand how intolerable living with depression can be. When that happens, family members or friends may become critical or judgmental.
They may give advice about what to do get out of a depression. They may become impatient with the person who is depressed.
They may not believe the extent of the depressed person's suffering and begin to feel manipulated or resentful. They may expect a person with depression to just snap out of it.
Sometimes therapy is a good idea for someone who's having difficulty coping with the fact that his or her loved one is depressed.
According to the World Health Organization, facts tell us that mental depression is something 16% of the population will be coping with at some point in their lives. Depression hurts about 6 million men in America who are diagnosed with severe depression every year.
Depression in women is more widely recognized than in men because about twice as many women than men are likely to seek help.