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35 Psychology of depression
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1. Over 15 million American adults, around 6.7 percent of the U.S. population age 18 and older, suffer from depression in a given year.

2. In 2015, about 3 million teens ages 12 to 17 had at least one major depressive episode in the past year.

3. Women are twice as likely to suffer from depression as men.

4. People who are depressed are more prone to illnesses like colds than non-depressed people.

5. Continuous exposure to violence, neglect, abuse, or poverty may make people who are already susceptible to depression all the more vulnerable to the illness.

6. Globally, more than 300 million people of all ages suffer from depression

7. There are interrelationships between depression and physical health. For example, cardiovascular disease can lead to depression and vice versa.

8. Depression affects all people regardless of age, geographic location, demographic, or social position.

9. The World Health Organization estimates that depression will be the 2nd highest medical cause of disability by the year 2030, 2nd only to HIV/AIDS.

10. Many creative individuals experienced depression, including Ludwig van Beethoven, John Lennon, Edgar Allan Poe, Mark Twain, Georgia O’Keefe, Vincent van Gogh, Ernest Hemmingway, F. Scott Fitzgerald, and Sylvia Plath.

11. Over 8% of adolescents in the United States suffer from depression at a given time.

12. Writing down negative thoughts and tossing them in trash can is a psychologically trick that can improve your mood.

13. Listening to 5-10 songs a day can improve memory, strengthen immune system and reduce depression risk by 80%.

14. Studies show that people who sleep with multiple pillows are often alone and depressed.

15. The worst feeling isn't being lonely, it's being forgotten by someone you'd never forget.

16. People who are depressed see the way the world actually it.

17. Waiting is linked to depression.

18. Time spent waiting for something that may never happen can be mentally painful.

19. 81% of peoples use music as an escape from all the negative things in their life.

20. You get depressed because you know that you are not you should be.

21. When thinking about life remember this: no amount of guilt can solve the past no amount of anxiety can change the future.

22. If your mind wonders often, there's an 85% change that you are subconsciously unhappy with your life.

23. In Japan, depression is described as "kokoro no kaze" - a cold of the soul.

24. When depressed, women are more likely to feel guilty, and sleep too much, overeat, gain weight and neglect their appearance.

25. The lyrics in your favorite songs express everything that you struggle to say or express to others.

26. Time disorientation is association with anxiety, depression and organic brain syndrome.

27. The two most effective treatment for battling depression are exercise and spending time with pets.

28. Listening to music at high volumes can make a person calmer, happier and more relaxed.

29. Depression is the result of over thinking.

30. The mind create problems that didn't even exist.

31. Death is only the second most common fear among people, the first is now failure

32. Sleeping next to someone you love not only reduce depression, but it help you live longer, and make you.

33. Depressed? Do something really nice for somebody else. You'll be shocked at how your mood lifts.

34. The happier you are, the less sleep you require to function in everyday life.

35. Perfectionism can lead to increase rate of depression.

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