The stigma surrounding depression 16 Articles

by lunameow

The stigma surrounding depression stems from a lack of understanding of the condition. It is not just a case of "the blues" or a reaction to one of life's temporary setbacks. In the hope of helping others understand more...read more

by PCobbs

"Being depressed just means you are weak." I thought this for most of my short life. A life in which I've constantly struggled with depression. Why would I, a depressed person, deny that's even a problem? Social stig...read more

by Mark Hammerschmidt

Depression is a strange beast. The word is so quickly flung around so often placed into the wrong context that it has really lost its effectiveness. True feelings of depression are overpowering and can often incapacitate t...read more

by Stacie Dexter

Although I feel that society has come a long way, since the days when there was a definite stigma attached to the whole mental illness issue, many thousands of people are still suffering in silence. This may be because,...read more

by Darhlene

The stigma surrounding depression will continue to impact families in the U.S. until it is recognized as a controllable disability. Unlike many other disabilities, depression comes and goes in degrees and duration in its ...read more

by Angela Hoover

Depression isn't fair - When you have a cold, what do people expect you to do? Drink fluids and get plenty of rest, so you can get better. When you have a heart attack or stroke, what do people expect you to do? ...read more

by Ann E. Smith

There is definitely a stigma around depression, making it even more difficult for many people to understand this complex and debilitating disease. Fortunately, the stigma around it today is not as large as it was just a f...read more

by Poor-Richard

Millions of Americans suffer from depression with various degrees of severity and these are just cases that are reported. How many more millions of Americans need medical help for depression but are afraid to seek medical...read more

by Sandra Clark

Depression is a very contagious disease. Depression begins to sneak its way into ones life. Once it creeps its way in,no one in close contact with the infected are safe. Mothers who once brightened their child's day with s...read more

by Ismet Mamnoon

Even as I write this article i wonder if i will publish it. I have mentioned my contributions to helium to a few friends, and now i wonder what they will make of this "outing". Is there a stigma surrounding depression? ...read more

by Catherine Davison

Beneath A Fractured Sky. It had been a very strange experience, moving to a rural mining town in outback Australia. Not least, because he came here from a bustling city in Asia. Being surrounded by millions of people, d...read more

by Sara Green

It wasn't until after I read someone's article about depression being just a state of mind that I felt the need to reply as soon as possible, I know that everyone is entitled to there opinion but I just wanted people to r...read more

by Megan Nippress

i was a naive teenager and also adult when i first heard about depression. how could anyone feel that bad. what was this crap about the black hole everyone was talking about. feeling that low to even think that life was no...read more

by Kathy Janoski

It is Time b Sometimes it creeps up, in such tiny, nano-stages that I am unaware of its depth until it is about to engulf me. At other times, it ha...read more

by Julie Flory

I never ever wanted to feel this way. I had enthusiasm, drive, get up and go and ambition. I didn't want to have duvet days. Days where it was safer to be under the duvet. Safer and comforting. I never lost the plot so to...read more

by Tammy A

In continuation to my previous post, I followed the VT Killings on our local papers this morning. On the front page, you see an angry Cho in a full length photo, toting 1 gun in each hand. An interview with the parents & g...read more