There is no definate length of time people with depression can focus. But it is generally accepted that there is an impaired ability to concentrate.
Yes, A person can become so stressed that they are depressed
Anywhere from days at a time to none at all depending on the depression.
By comforting the person
If you are around a depressed person for too long, it might catch on. just try to cheer your friend up and talk to them about whats making them depressed. try to help them & make sure they know you will always be there for them.
Being hopelessly depressed puts that person in a cluttered state of mind, not being able to focus on the good things or on good thoughts for very long because your thoughts are on the bad or very negative things continually. Excitement is overcome quickly by reality in a depressed persons mind. Being depressesd is where all of your time is spent everything thing else good is just passing by, giving a small glimpse of itself only to be totally engulfed by negativity.
If what a depressed person does is quantifiable and observable, and it is, then that which is quantifiable and observable is a behavior. If a person is depressing, that is, acting depressed, the behaviors manifested are subject to being changed. If you are not acting depressed, are you depressed? How would we know?
Absolutely not! Many depressed persons pretend not to be depressed so as not to upset their family and friends. Its possible to be quite good at this role playing.
about 5 minutes alone they get depressed
The person could be depressed.
Yes, vile weather can make you feel depressed
To send someone to "Coventry" is a British Idiom. It means you don't talk to them. The affect depends on the person and on how long you do this. After a while it could get a person depressed or lonely.
Will depressed is a toughie subject in most cases simply removing the person temporarily from there current environment will solve this dilemma ... What the person needs to be reminded of is that no matter what there depressed about there are people that are there for them and will not abandoned them ...