the no-joke word depression had influenced people's minds to such an extent that a large crowd is engaged in suicidal activities. The silent killer that takes many lives without warning, punishment, or any pity, depression is one of the most prominent mental illnesses worldwide. The young, the adults, and even the teens are suffering from depression these days. The ever-changing human wants, and the transitional human abilities to accept the realities of their lives have paved the way for every third individual to become the victim of depression.
But what's the reason that every third person is enduring this agony?
There's no single cause of depression. It can vary from person to person. Every single person in this world suffers from severe problems and issues in their life. Still, the individual ability to deal with them decides whether a person fights against the hard times or surrenders. For instance, a person had recently broken up with his partner, and now he is standing in the midst of two roads; the first road will be revealing the colors of darkness, sadness, and a life of no hope. At the same time, the second road will display an optimistic, buoyant and hopeful way of approaching life. Now here, the person with a positive mindset will move on the second road, which directs him to the beautiful life he may live in the future. In contrast, the person who eventually lacks confidence in himself would take the first road, which will lead him to the dismal belief for his own life.
The most common thing about the people who became the sufferers of depression is that they are not ready to accept the failures in their lives. No one in this world would ever be willing to face the terrors of failures and rejections, but a real man will always be ready to face the failures. A famous Chinese proverb says, "FAILURE IS NOT FALLING BUT REFUSING TO GET UP." Everyone falls, but a true person will always back himself up. You only fail when you give up and stop trying. Before that, nothing on this holy earth has the power of making you a failure. Instead of hovering upon the past regrets, start learning from your past mistakes. Consider those failures, those mistakes, those rejections as the burning points that will motivate you to work harder. Stop becoming the victims of depression.
Again, the next thing in common these days is that people are afraid of accepting their realities. Whatever situation a person is going through, whatever reality he is having if he accepts that wholeheartedly, half the problem is solved. But the problem persists again. How to accept the bitter realities of life? Sometimes facing reality isn't the simplest thing to do, but accepting your current situation can make you happier in the present and future as well. If a person accepts the harsh realities of life, he is gradually moving ahead in life because once you accept, you develop. For example, you have no money in your pocket. Now, if you kept dwelling upon the point that you are poor, have no money, and are poverty-stricken, then life is not going to work for you. On the contrary, if you accept your reality that okay, I have no money in my pocket now, but I have to have it anyhow, you're simply urging yourself to work harder in life. A person can easily develop a depressional tendency here, but you choose to live a happy and motivated life if you choose to accept.
The succeeding cause for depression these days is expectations. Whatever relation we have with the other person, we expect from them. Isn't it?
But what if the other person or even the other situation doesn't come out how we expected them to be? Feelings of sadness, anxiety, fear, and also depression builds on us. Why are we affecting ourselves so much if we didn't get a job or our partner is not giving enough attention to us? Why are we even bothered about all this? The answer is because we expected. We expected that we would get a job this time, but as we got rejected now, we simply become depressed. We expected that our partner would give us their attention 24 hours a day, but now, as they are not standing as per our expectations, we simply give up. Thus expecting more than required from others will eventually harm us.
Now many people will confuse expectations with hopes. Both the terms are different. Expectations are how we expect our lives to be, but hopes are positively approaching life. If you didn't get a job today but will think that you are definitely going to get the next job and there's no way that you'll not get it...this is an expectation. But if you think what if you didn't get this one, maybe you'll find something better than this job then this is hope because you are looking forward in your life.
In more simple words, the expectation is the over-confidence of someone, while hope is the confidence.
In conclusion, failures are a part of life. Learn from them. Don't let the depression hover on you.
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