Analysis Of The Beast: A Reckoning With Depression By Tracy Thompson

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The Beast: A Reckoning with Depression In Tracy Thompson’s article, “The Beast: A Reckoning with Depression,” she illustrates that she calls her depression “the beast” because it has been surrounding her and changed her personality and dominated a particular time in her life. She was able to get help by going to a therapist and taking proper medication to improve her future. At first, she was thinking negatively of her life, however, after she got help, this gave her a positive outlook of life. Now, Tracy Thompson is able to continue on living her life. Tracy can be inspirational to many people that are suffering through depression because she was able to get help when she felt that she needed it. She …show more content…

Depression is a mood disorder that causes a persistent feeling of sadness and a loss of interest. In major depressions, these feelings are unremitting and carry with them the real danger of suicide. As mentioned in the article, daily functioning at work and home were impaired and the individual felt as if she will never climb out of those feelings. Tracy Thompson has experienced depression and she tried taking antidepressants and Prozac to relieve her depression. She had many symptoms of depression, such as eating without an appetite, always being tired, personality changing, and forgetting important things. Depression is different from the blues, sadness, and grief because feelings of grief or sadness are not usually long-lasting. Feeling sadness, loneliness, or grief when an individual goes through a difficult life experience is part of being a human. And most of the time, individuals who suffer sadness or grief can continue to …show more content…

When a person pressures someone to do something, it can lead to depression because they might not enjoy what they are forced to do. This one example of how misery and stress are added to a person’s life, resulting in depression. Many people tend to confuse bipolar disorder with depression and therefore it is imperative to learn the difference between both and encourage individuals who might be experiencing a mood disorder to seek medical help as soon as possible. The main difference between bipolar disorder and depression are the mania symptoms. Bipolar disorder is a condition that involves shifts in a person's mood from severe depression to manic phases accompanied with feelings of excessive excitement or irritability, extreme elation, and delusions of

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