![]() ![]() Suicide is the second leading cause of death in 15-29-year-olds.” Close to 800 000 people die due to suicide every year. At its worst, depression can lead to suicide. It can cause the affected person to suffer greatly and function poorly at work, at school and in the family. Especially when long-lasting and with moderate or severe intensity, depression may become a serious health condition. ![]() ![]() After setting out these grave statistics, the WHO proceeds to expound further on this pernicious illness in a matter-of-fact way, “depression is different from usual mood fluctuations and short-lived emotional responses to challenges in everyday life. And Pam, sediment Pam, who stands on the shore and sobs … Sometimes the tide is in, sometimes it’s out.” According to the World Health Organisation(website accessed on 15 th February 2019), depression is referred to as a ‘common illness worldwide’, that afflicted over 300 million people. ![]() Finding a typically ingenious yet deep way to describe her harrowing experience with bouts of manic depression, the indomitable late Carrie Fisher once said, “One is Roy, rollicking Roy, the wild ride of a mood. ![]()
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