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    Stress & Depression Comparing and Contrasting

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    Stress and depression are both serious mental health issues that can negatively impact mood and functioning. While stress is a normal reaction to life events and pressures, depression is a clinical condition with defined symptoms like prolonged sadness that can last for years. Both stress and depression can cause changes in sleep, appetite, energy levels, and concentration. While stress can be triggered by specific life events and is considered socially acceptable, depression may occur unexpectedly and still faces social stigma. Managing stress through healthy habits may help prevent depression, but seeking medical help is important for treating depression.

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    Stress and depression are both serious mental health issues that can negatively impact mood and functioning. While stress is a normal reaction to life events and pressures, depression is a clinical condition with defined symptoms like prolonged sadness that can last for years. Both stress and depression can cause changes in sleep, appetite, energy levels, and concentration. While stress can be triggered by specific life events and is considered socially acceptable, depression may occur unexpectedly and still faces social stigma. Managing stress through healthy habits may help prevent depression, but seeking medical help is important for treating depression.

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    Stress and depression are both serious mental health issues that can negatively impact mood and functioning. While stress is a normal reaction to life events and pressures, depression is a clinical condition with defined symptoms like prolonged sadness that can last for years. Both stress and depression can cause changes in sleep, appetite, energy levels, and concentration. While stress can be triggered by specific life events and is considered socially acceptable, depression may occur unexpectedly and still faces social stigma. Managing stress through healthy habits may help prevent depression, but seeking medical help is important for treating depression.

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    Depression is a serious mental issue which can cause prolonged periods of sadness and

    suicidal thoughts. Stress can also be considered as serious yet underestimated, and therefore
    accepted as part of day to day life. Depression is a clinical condition which has some well-defined
    symptoms; while stress is not a term that needed to be referred in a medical sense (Paschos, n.d.)

    Stress & Depression: Comparing and Contrasting

    Stressed Depressed

    It tends to resolve if life events It can last up to years


    change They affect
    one’s energy It can hit out of nowhere
    It tends to have an obvious trigger level
    They affect one’s mood It can happen even it life seems fine
    It is related to life events
    Sleeping patterns are disturbed
    It is related to current events It can be linked to unresolved past
    Eating patterns can be disturbed events
    It can cause depression or (Under or Overeating)
    anxiety disorders if left Both affects and changes one’s It can cause suicidal thoughts if left
    untreated personality untreated

    It leads to adrenaline highs Both can make you struggle to


    function normally
    It leads to fatigue
    followed by crashes
    Both makes you feel irritable It is still bears social stigma
    It is socially acceptable and
    even encouraged They make you feel less
    interested in socializing with Depression at high levels has risk of
    Stress at very high levels has friends and family suicide
    risk of heart attack Both are overwhelming
    Both affects one’s Low depression can still be debilitating
    Low stress keeps you
    motivated concentration

    One can be both stressed and depressed at the same time. Being stressed could make your
    confidence level decrease to the extent you are getting depressed.
    Stress can actually cause depression. Chronic stress, if left untreated, can affect your self-
    esteem and lead to negative behaviours and poor decision making. It makes one hard to feel
    positive and optimistic. If such symptoms carry long enough, then depression is sadly a logical
    outcome.

    Unmanaged stress causes anxiety and that anxiety could cause depression.

    Way to Relieve Stress Ways to Manage Depression


    1. Avoid alcohol and drugs 1. Seek professional medical help from a
    2. Exercise physician, counselor or therapist
    3. Eat healthy 2. Avoid self-medicating with alcohol and
    4. Develop habits like meditation that drugs
    reduces stress 3. Exercise
    5. Establish a healthy sleep and wake cycle 4. Eat healthy
    6. Don’t suffer alone 5. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
    7. Do something enjoyable like watching a 6. Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation
    movie or reading a book 7. Dialectal Behavioral Therapy
    8. Take a warm bath 8. Practice meditation or mindfulness
    9. Play with a pet 9. Proper sleep
    10. Don’t give in to withdrawal or isolation
    11. Maintain healthy relationships with
    friends and family
    12. Medication from a doctor may be
    necessary

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