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It depends on the method. It can takes seconds to minutes to years. Years you say? Yes, years. If you survive a drug overdose you can be living with damaged organs for years before it kills you. If you survive hanging, shooting, or other methods, you can also be living with defects from that for years.
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∙ 12y ago
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∙ 13y agoIt depends on how it effects them. Some people will not seek medical treatment & maybe never get better, but that doesn't mean they will die & by this you mean kill themselves, right? Some may commit suicide early on. I'm sure it is also possible to die from severe symptoms like drastic weight loss or something of that sort. It effect people very individually.
Further to the above. 'Depression' is a word that describes states of mind such as 'feeling down', 'feeling low', 'not feeling right with the world' and so on. Most people can feel this way when things don't go their way or after they lose a friend, relationship, job, and so on.
Depression becomes lethal - i.e. so dangerous that the depressed person is at risk of being dead in the near future - when the person begins to believe that their psychological pain or angst is unbearable. Yet humans have devised all sorts of ways of putting up with pain. Pain killers or analgesics, psychotherapy, activities that move the mind / pain centres away from pain towards pleasure, etc.
The answer to your question is that 'depression' - on its own - never killed anyone. Using inappropriate ways to ease the pain of depression, that's what causes some unfortunate people to act against themselves such that they may ultimately lose their lives while trying to 'kill' the pain.
Edwin S. Shneidman is the writer who is best on all of this. I recommend anything written by Edwin.
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∙ 13y agoDepression need not be deadly. Many individuals with depression receive appropriate treatment and go on to have long, productive lives.
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American farmers were experiencing a depression long before the nation's big depression?
true
American farmers were experiencing a depression long before the nation's big depression?
true
How long until king cobra venom kills a person?
few minutes
Is it ture that American farmer were experiencing a depression long before the nation big depression?
Yes it's TRUE A.P.W
What two events put Georgia in their own depression long before the great depression?
The introduction to the boll weevil and the Drought
What are some example sentences using the word depression?
Here are some example sentences using the word depression:After his wife died, he went through a long period of depression.Each crater on the Moon is a depression caused by a meteor impact.The more severe form of an economic recession is called a depression.A tropical depression may develop further into a tropical storm, or even into a hurricane.The tiny fox kit was hiding in a depression in the ground.
How long can a depressed person sleep?
Anywhere from days at a time to none at all depending on the depression.
How long will a person with clinical depression will experience at least four signs?
at least two weeks
How long was hoover president before the great depression began?
6 months and like 13-15 days
How long for depression to end on medication?
Hard to say. Most psychiatric medications take about 6 weeks for the full effect to be present, but how long after that for the symptoms to end will vary from person to person and episode to episode.
How long can a depressed person focus?
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.
What was the effect of the panic of 1873?
It caused an economic depression and loss of hope. It used to be called the Great Depression, before the Great Depression of the 1930's. It is now called the Long Depression. It also lead to conflict in the USA over the backing of money i.e. The Gold Standard vs The Free Silver Movement.
