Term
Depression
An illness in which energy, interest and joy disappear for a long time, and sleep and thinking are disrupted. Unlike ordinary sadness, it is not necessarily linked to any particular cause.
Sane New World: Taming the Mind, Ruby Wax
Explained in
- Sane New World: Taming the Mind, Ruby Wax
- Feeling Good, David Burns
A condition in which low mood, loss of interest, and lack of energy persist for weeks and interfere with life. Burns describes it primarily through a person’s thoughts.
- Pragmatism: A New Name for Some Old Ways of Thinking, William James
A state in which strength, interest in life and the ability to feel joy disappear for a long time. James went through a severe depression as a young man.
- An Unquiet Mind, Kay Redfield Jamison
In the book, a severe state of emptiness and powerlessness that the author distinguishes from ordinary sadness.