Depression is...
It’s feeling of one being tied to railroad tracks, stuck and distressed. The person desperately wanting help, but does not know what he/she can do. Depression affects many people tied to their own “railroad tracks.” These people want something or someone to help get them off the tracks before the train comes. Being tied to railroad tracks, or depression, does not have to be caused by drug/alcohol abuse and does not always denote suicidal temptations, but it is the feeling of hopelessness and confusion. People today think depression is only caused by drug or alcohol abuse, and results in suicide. Any normal person cannot be depressed, just somewhat unhappy to these people. This belief is wrong. In many cases of depression involving drugs or alcohol, the person who is suffering was depressed before he/she started his/her substance abuse. An example of this is shown in the movie, Girl, Interrupted. A young woman was sent to a mental hospital by her parents for swallowing a bottle’s worth or aspirin washed down by alcohol. Doctors diagnosed her as a “borderline,” who was basically someone who is depressed. As the movie develops, the reasoning for her depression was that she wanted to be a wri
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Approximate Word count = 821
Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)
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