{"id":7315,"date":"2017-10-11T11:32:42","date_gmt":"2017-10-11T11:32:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/punjabnews24.com\/?p=7315"},"modified":"2017-10-11T11:32:42","modified_gmt":"2017-10-11T11:32:42","slug":"world-mental-health-day-2017-depression-and-how-it-is-different-from-sadness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blastingskyhawk.com\/english\/world-mental-health-day-2017-depression-and-how-it-is-different-from-sadness\/","title":{"rendered":"World Mental Health Day 2017: Depression and how it is different from sadness"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Depression, though a glaring reality, is never really addressed in the open. The word and its implications are seldom discussed and included in conversations. A lot of this reluctance and trepidation stem from the stigma that generally surrounds the topic of metal ailment. The well-being of the mind, though as important as physical wellness, is not given much significance. And perhaps that is why there are several misconceptions surrounding them, chief among them being depression. Often considered as synonymous to being sad, depression is clearly not that simple neither simplistic.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDepression is not sadness,\u201d says Dr Kamal Khurana, a renowned Delhi-based marriage and relationship counsellor. \u201cIt is a more exaggerated and a complex form of sadness,\u201d he asserts. It starts from an underlying period of sadness but the situation should be deemed alarming if it continues for more than two to three days. Depression, however, does not come sans symptoms. \u201cSymptoms of not eating, overeating, crying too much, not taking self care or not being happy over any achievement are obvious markers of depression,\u201d Khurana says. Depression, the doctor maintains, is akin to a downward spiral and thus the presence of friends and family members \u2014 those who can extend a helping hand is extremely essential.<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Depression, though a glaring reality, is never really addressed in the open. The word and its implications are seldom discussed and included in conversations. A lot of this reluctance and trepidation stem from the stigma that generally surrounds the topic of metal ailment. The well-being of the mind, though as important as physical wellness, is [&hellip;]<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7316,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[239],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7315","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-health"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blastingskyhawk.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7315","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blastingskyhawk.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blastingskyhawk.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blastingskyhawk.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blastingskyhawk.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7315"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blastingskyhawk.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7315\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7317,"href":"https:\/\/blastingskyhawk.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7315\/revisions\/7317"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blastingskyhawk.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7316"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blastingskyhawk.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7315"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blastingskyhawk.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7315"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blastingskyhawk.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7315"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}