Depression.
"Depression is a common mental health condition characterized by persistent feelings of sadness and loss of interest in activities."
Financial depression is a severe and prolonged economic downturn characterized by high levels of unemployment, reduced consumer spending, and overall economic hardship.
Rollo May, an American existential psychologist, is often credited with this quote on depression. He believed that depression can often be characterized by a sense of hopelessness and an inability to envision a positive future.
The scientific name for depression is major depressive disorder. It is a common mental health condition characterized by persistent feelings of sadness and loss of interest in activities.
No, but both are classified as mood disorders.
Anger
Depression is a mental health disorder, not a disease in the traditional sense. It is characterized by persistent feelings of sadness and loss of interest in activities. It can be caused by a combination of genetic, biological, environmental, and psychological factors.
Depression is feeling sad and defective for no good reason. Manic depression is a mood disorder which combines this feeling along with the opposite mood in a cyclic "mood swing." The opposite of depression is mania. Mania makes you feel elated and invincible. Manic depression now know as Bipolar Disorder is a mood disorder characterized by periods of mania and depression. With MD you sometimes feel euphoric and others you feel depressed and hopeless. With depression you feel like this all the time.
Cyclothymia is a low-level Bipolar disorder, characterized by alternating periods of mild depression and mania ("hypomania") for extended periods of time.
Both major depression and mild depression are types of depressive disorders characterized by persistent feelings of sadness, hopelessness, and loss of interest in activities. Both can impact a person's overall well-being and quality of life, albeit to varying degrees. Treatment options, such as therapy and medication, can be used for both types of depression to alleviate symptoms and improve functioning.
economic depression known as the Great Depression, characterized by widespread unemployment, bank failures, and severe economic hardship. This period was marked by a significant decline in global economic activity.