Henri Nouwen

I've had a tremendous problem with depression in my life. I'd rather not talk about it, because it's over. But depression is real.

Dutch Clergyman

Kurt Vonnegut

Oh, sure, we have another world war coming, and another great depression, but where are the leaders this time?

American Writer

Dwayne Johnson

I found that with depression, one of the most important things you could realise is that you're not alone.

American Actor

Ji-Hae Park

When you are in depression, almost magically, nothing motivates you.

South Korean Musician

Graham Moore

Depression is something I've dealt with every day of my life.

Lady Gaga

I've suffered through depression and anxiety my entire life.

American Singer

Kevin Gates

I suffer from deep depression, so my only release is music.

American Musician

Dean Ornish

Earlier in my life, I had a tendency toward depression.

American Educator

Shannon Briggs

I truly, truly suffered depression, to the deep core.

American Athlete

Kathy Bates

I have had periods of depression in my life.

American Actress

The term carries a strong emotional undertone and is used when expressing deep sadness.

Emotional Weight

'Depression' indicates a more severe or persistent state than just feeling sad.

Beyond Sadness

Depression can refer to a diagnosed mental health condition, not just a mood.

Medical Condition

In economics, 'depression' signals a severe and prolonged downturn.

Economic Crisis

Often relates to the historical event of the 1930s, especially in American English.

Historical Context

Refers to a literal dip or low area in any surface, not just land.

Physical Feature

When used for surfaces, suggests a potential hazard or place to be careful.

Watch Your Step

A specialized term in meteorology, important for understanding weather reports.

Weather Term

Use this term in a scientific or technical context, not for daily weather talks.

Technical Usage

 and it got so bad for him that he suffered severe depression, and spent the last half of his life in and out of mental institutions. But eventually, his ideas won out. Today, they're considered fundamental and magnificent. All research mathematicians accept these ideas, every college math major learns them, and I've explained them to you in a few minutes.

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 depression is one of the biggest problems now affecting schools around the world and don't be surprised if the whole thing in the end is a source of more frustration than it is success for a lot of people and my answer for a lot of education systems is that you know often policymakers scratch their head and think how can we solve all these

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 I wanted to sit with the leading experts in the world about what causes depression and anxiety and crucially, what solves them, and people who have come through depression and anxiety and out the other side in all sorts of ways. And I learned a huge amount from the amazing people I got to know along the way.

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 Stress chemicals help mobilize energy and increase alertness. However, with chronic stress our bodies become flooded with these chemicals, resulting in a loss of brain cells and an inability to form new ones, which affects our ability to retain new information. Depression is another culprit.

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 but as a mental condition similar to depression. Psychologists of the time speculated that it represented difficulties letting go of childhood, or even a longing to return to one's fetal state. But over the next few decades, the understanding of nostalgia changed in two important ways.

Why do we feel...

 can also make it easier to establish a regular habit of exercise. School sport participation has also been shown to reduce the risk of suffering from depression for up to four years. Meanwhile, your self-esteem and confidence can get a big boost. There are a few reasons for that.

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 is also very helpful. Other promising treatments, like transcranial magnetic stimulation, are being investigated, too. So, if you know someone struggling with depression, encourage them, gently, to seek out some of these options. You might even offer to help with specific tasks,

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 They're usually characterized as large depressions in the ground, called calderas, located above multiple openings in the Earth's crust. In terms of eruptions, supervolcanoes explode at a magnitude of eight, the highest and most violent classification

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 A mass in space creates a depression in space-time, and a ball rolling across a depression will curve like it's being attracted to the other mass. The bigger the mass, the deeper the depression and the stronger the gravity.

What are gravitational...

 For the many millions experiencing bipolar disorder around the world, life is split between two different realities - elation and depression. Although there are many variations of bipolar disorder, let's consider a couple.