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[flashy]

Aparrently the best way to revive from despression is good bed rest and a nice walk in the park. Laughter is the purest of ways.

Also in some news reports anti-despressions tablets (pescribed or not) do not work. Well they MAY only work in the most severity of cases.

When ever i watch comedy shows im not depressed.

[Unknown_99]

Men get depressed more often, but....
1) They are too manly to show it...
2) They get over it quickly...
3) Men are quite shallow so they get sad more often.....

Women get depressed over a single thing and then they brood over it until it explodes in their face and finally asks for help cuz they think they are a nuisance if they ask for help......

Jeez, all men want to do is to help but keeping those things from them and then finding out later hurts more but of course men just focus on making women happy, ne?

[y4nzi]

This probably isn't the most accurate way to find out as you could just have more females viewing the post so the results might skew in that way. I think in general females do get more depression.
Post natal depression is a big one and affects many women.
It's an interesting topic though~

[buxgoddess]

life is full of ups and downs and the down times are the ones which stay for long. These down times interefere with our ability to function properly. One of these psychological disorder is depression. The depression results into fatigue sleep problems and appetite problems. The mood of a person gets affected and he/she feels sadness, hopelessness emptiness etc. it effects how one thinks also interfering concentration and decision making. Overall the behavior changes to irritability, temperred and social withdrawl and less active works of pleasure.
Women are twice likely to be affected by depression and it is important that women are aware as to how to prevent depression and if such a situation arises, she must be able to handle the situation well.

[sheepdog]

Unknown_99, on Dec 19 2008, 11:44 PM, said:

Men get depressed more often, but....
1) They are too manly to show it...
2) They get over it quickly...
3) Men are quite shallow so they get sad more often.....

Women get depressed over a single thing and then they brood over it until it explodes in their face and finally asks for help cuz they think they are a nuisance if they ask for help......

Jeez, all men want to do is to help but keeping those things from them and then finding out later hurts more but of course men just focus on making women happy, ne?

I really like Unknown's rational of his (?) reasoning behind thinking men get more depression. I do think women get depressed more, but he sure makes a good argument for the guys.
I have spells of depression, but I have learned to recognise them for what they are. My big two are worry about paying the bills, and the other thing that sends me over the edge is biological, it is simply the lack of sunshine. I HATE cloudy, rainy days.

[Saint_Michael]

Unknown_99, on Dec 19 2008, 11:44 PM, said:

Men get depressed more often, but....
1) They are too manly to show it...
2) They get over it quickly...
3) Men are quite shallow so they get sad more often.....

Women get depressed over a single thing and then they brood over it until it explodes in their face and finally asks for help cuz they think they are a nuisance if they ask for help......

Jeez, all men want to do is to help but keeping those things from them and then finding out later hurts more but of course men just focus on making women happy, ne?

I have to totally disagree with this post because of the fact that there are various types of depression, PTSD is one of them because several different groups of people who have PTSD depression can be very specific. As soldiers like me when our depression kicks in we do show it, especially those who seem some bad stuff in a war zone, 2 we never get over it quickly as it could last days, weeks, months even years and 3 not everyone is shallow. Opinion your post is it is very wrong with how people deal with depression.

[networker]

Women are just more sensitive that's all.Much more
susceptible to depression.
And it's true.The smarter people would get depressed more easily.
The more you think,the more possibilities you can see.
The more negative ones included.
I think the PSTD syndrome would make one's emotions much rawer.
Combat is a harrowing experience.

[triplebtalk]

Statistically that is correct, but scientists have proved that more males are depressed than the statistics show as they are less likely to go for help. *Huge Generalisation coming up* Females tend to be more open about there problems and males usually hide their problems so that they can mantain there "tough man" image...

Edited by triplebtalk, 02 January 2009 - 04:39 PM.