Silent Depression

Smiling while dying inside

Shirley J. Davis

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Photo by Kate Kozyrka on Unsplash

Most of us have heard of depression and its implications for those who live with it, but have you ever heard the term “silent” or “hidden” depression? This article will explore hidden depression and its causes and symptoms.

What is Depression?

Considered a mood disorder, depression is a condition that causes feelings of sadness and loss of interest and can lead to emotional and physical problems. Depression has many causes ranging from childbirth to having experienced childhood trauma.

Other possible causes of depression are as follows.

· Mood dysregulation by the brain

· Genetics

· Highly stressful life events

· Negative and stressful life

· Homelessness

· Poverty

· Violence

Depression is life-altering, causing misery for both the person living with it and those around them. The good news is that it is treatable with medications and psychotherapy.

Clinical or major depression is the harshest iterations of depression one can suffer. Clinical depression is not the same as depression caused by loss. Instead, clinical depression is thought to be related to…

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Shirley J. Davis
Shirley J. Davis

Written by Shirley J. Davis

I am an author/speaker/grant writer in the U.S. My passion is authoring information about mental health disorders, especially dissociative identity disorder..

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