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Her laugh, her laugh was the sound that brought him out of the darkness and into the light. Her laugh dragged him, by his damn collar, through the bullshit clouding his mind and infecting his thoughts. The quote above is referring to a man who was suffering from depression. He was depressed because he fell into a dark hole where he could not see the light that should be shining through. This quote is an example of how depression can affect your life, how it can bring you down to the lowest level.
It has become all too common for people to say that they are depressed when they are in fact not. If depression or any mental illness really did affect you in this way, wouldn't it be obvious? The people around you would notice if their friends were constantly sad or down. And, if they really were experiencing this extreme form of sadness, would they have the energy to laugh? Major depression is a serious condition that affects millions of people worldwide every year.
There are many signs that someone may be suffering from major depression including: Depression can affect your life in many ways, but one of the most noticeable signs is that you are constantly sad or down. This may be difficult for other people to understand but this idea is very common among people who suffer from depression. People who suffer from depression do not feel happy or at peace with themselves.
Depression causes a person's mood to fluctuate greatly throughout the course of a single day. Suicide remains one of the leading causes of death among young adults in the United States today. Suicide is often associated with depression and when someone is depressed this can increase their risk for suicide greatly. In fact, when you add up all forms of violence committed by young adults (including murder and manslaughter) since 1980 it comes out to be more than half of all homicides committed by young adults in the United States today (National Center for Injury Prevention and Control).
For young adults aged 15 - 24 years old suicide ranks as number one cause of death behind car accidents and homicide combined (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention). When someone feels hopeless and they cannot see any way out then they may resort to suicide as an escape from their problems. Unfortunately, if you lose hope you will most likely resort to committing suicide as an escape from your problems too. For example, if you think no one will ever love you or care about what happen to you then you may become depressed and commit suicide because your pain will only get worse if
Source: After Ever Happy
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