severe depression
Crippling mental anguish
Severe depression is a mental health condition marked by persistent, debilitating symptoms—profound sadness, loss of interest in nearly everything, changes in sleep and appetite, difficulty concentrating, and sometimes thoughts of death or suicide.
The qualifier *severe* distinguishes it from milder forms, indicating symptoms intense enough to significantly impair daily functioning: She was hospitalized for severe depression.
Clinical contexts may specify major depressive disorder with severe features.
- melancholySubdued, lasting sadness
- heavy heartProfound emotional sadness
- despairTotal absence of hope
- hopelessnessState without hope
- numbnessLoss of sensation
dark thoughts · emptiness · darkness · isolation · exhaustion · clinical · seeking help · medication · therapy · antidepressants · suicide · insomnia · rock bottom · grief · anguish · withdrawal · apathy · tearful
- depressionsadness, hopelessness, anhedonia, low mood, dysthymia
- mental crisesnervous breakdown, mental breakdown, mental collapse, mental break, emotional collapse
- Disabilitiesblind, paralysis, vision loss, developmental disability, hearing impairment
- Mood Disordersbipolar disorder, dysthymia, cyclothymia, bipolar II, seasonal affective disorder
severe depressioneuphoria
Intense emotional high
elation · exuberance · ecstasy · bliss · mania
severe depressionremission
Temporary disease absence
full recovery · mental wellness · dysthymia · psychological health · feeling down
severe depressionjoie de vivre
Exuberant enjoyment of existence
will to live · love of life · hope · optimism · meaning
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