Over the course of time‚ sadness has gotten a bad reputation. A person showing signs of sadness is viewed as that person being weak or depressed. Not many people understand that when life gets difficult‚ one must handle their mental state in a healthy manner and seek help or an outlet to ease their mind. The people who don’t seek help often go through hard stages; for example‚ they may become obsessed with a happier past time and live their life trying to recreate that happiness in their past life
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“After Apple Picking” seems like a sweet and uplifting poem‚ but it is nothing near that. In this poem Robert Frost illustrates his own death and what he did not finish before he died. He longed to accomplish lots in his life‚ but for what he did not finish‚ he is ashamed for. He was grateful for getting to do the tasks he did in his life‚ but felt like a failure for what he did not finish and succeed in. The man is depressed and unsatisfied with himself. He does not feel he has lived his life
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Education is arguably the best gift a parent can give to their child. In today’s society‚ there has been an epidemic which is becoming more rampant throughout the world. Parents have taken the initiative to choose the life they think their child should live. Although the parent should be the most supportive on a child’s team‚ this support can negatively impact the child as they mature into adulthood. Allowing parents to choose their child’s career can cause draconian consequences such as the following:
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One of the most common events depression is compared to is drowning. The similarity lies in the emotional and mental factors in depression. In Hamlet‚ Hamlet experiences many symptoms of depression after the loss of his father. He is an appropriate example of how depression can be compared to drowning as seen through his actions and thoughts. Depression can be described as having an uncomfortable mindset. Things always seem gloomy or like there’s no hope for the future. Life feels irritating and
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Dysthymic depression also known as persistent and dysthymia depression is a consistent long-term depression that seems to have no end. In adults the symptoms must last between two and three years‚ but in children the symptoms must only occur for a year to be treated. Dysthymic depression is most common in women rather that men. It can affect up to 4% of the American population‚ but only 1% will get the help that they need. This type of depression mostly begins around the age of 21 and older but can
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"Adventures in Depression" by Allie Brosh is a moving essay that is eye opening showing that depression doesn’t always have a reason making it even more crippling. This essay is on a blog called "Hyperbole and a Half" Through out there are several illustrations emphasizing the effects and showing how our brain can work against us. "Adventures in Depression" is a well written essay because of the truth that is shown through the illustrations‚ metaphors‚ and the sad but too real of an ending that is
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My friend is a caregiver for her husband 24-7 for the past couple of years‚ and both are 65 yrs old. They both still smoke cigarettes which help relieve stress (less healthy ways than the general public). She says‚ "I feel constant stress when my husband has surgery or frequent doctor appointments." They both have nutritious meals daily as her husband has diabetes. Caregiving chronic stress can lead to depression (mental illness) which can cause cancer‚ heart disease and can influence cardiovascular
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Everybody feels depressed at some time or another in his or her lives. However‚ it becomes a problem when depression is so much a part of a person’s life that he or she can no longer experience happiness. In Salinger’s Catcher in the Rye‚ the author develops the theme of Holden’s depression because it fully portrays Holden’s outlook on the ‘real’ world and life itself. The cause of Holden’s depression can be seen as his lack of personal motivation‚ his inability to self-reflect and his stubbornness
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A Merry Heart Goes All The Way A pessimist is a person who always expects the worst; an optimist is one who always hopes for the best. A pessimist is‚ therefore‚ a gloomy‚ depressed and depressing person; but an optimist is both cheery and cheering. His chief characteristic is cheerfulness; for even when the sky is dark he knows the sun will shine out again sooner or later. He tries to look on the bright side of things‚ and holds that every cloud has a silver lining. A cheerful man is
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The Story of an Hour: Discuss three examples AND kinds irony used in “The Story of an Hour.” Make sure to have one example of verbal irony‚ one of situational irony‚ and one of dramatic irony. One example of verbal irony in “A Story of an Hour” is the last sentence in the story which says “When the doctors came they said she had died of heart disease—of joy that kills” (DiYanni 41) This is verbal irony because it is written that she died of too much happiness to see her husband‚ whom she thought
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