Causes Of Clinical Depression

Depression Katie was at school and terrified. She always got bullied at school and the teachers never did anything. Katie just wanted to escape from that place. As soon as school was over she headed home where her parents were fighting and her little sister was crying. She went over to her baby sister and calmed her down. “Katie! Do your chores and I don’t wanna see you until you’re done.” Her dad yelled. She sighed and put her little sister down. Katie walked into the kitchen and started to clean. She has to clean the entire house by herself with no help. After all her chores were done she locked herself in her room. “I don’t want to be here.” Katie said and slide down the door. She thought of every possible way to hurt herself. She never talked about her problems to anyone. That night she was lying in bed and cried to herself. Katie was sick and tired of having depression.

Sadness, loss of interest, sense of worthlessness, lack of energy, increase or decrease in sleep, increase or decrease of appetite, emotionally numb, not as socially active, loss of self esteem, lack of motivation, thoughts of suicide, and self harming. These aren’t even half of the things that happen when you have depression. Over 350 million people have depression. That means over 350 million people are suffering through this. 14.8 million people in the United States are suffering with depression. That’s only the ones that are 18 and up. All the teenagers and possible some younger kids may have it as well. 3 out of 3 people said they have depression and know someone with depression. When asked how bad it was it ranged from a 6 to an