Every brand-new day offers an opportunity for us to make our life worth living. Thats twenty four hours a day which is equivalent to one thousand four hundred forty minutes or eighty six thousand four hundred seconds. All those numbers make for a single day. Thats more than enough to make wonderful things happen. Or otherwise.
Because as the world turns and the demands of our fast-paced lifestyle gears for even greater challenges, expectations become high and seem unreal that people find themselves in situations getting overwhelmed, anxious, stressed and depressed.
In any given 1-year period, 9.5 percent of the population, or about 20.9 million American adults, suffer from a depressive illness. According to the National Institute for Mental health, the economic cost for this disorder is high, but the cost in human suffering cannot be estimated.
Depression is a Serious Illness
Many people do not recognize depression. Its not just a feeling of being low or down which people think will pass or disappear in a few days. Its not something that you thought you have just made up in your mind. Depressed people cannot will themselves to get better.