Depressive
adjective
Feeling very sad, often without any reason.
He was diagnosed as having a depressive disorder.
Often appears as...
- depressive disorder
- depressive symptoms
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Disapproving
Medical
noun
A person who suffers from depression.
She identifies as a depressive, having suffered from the condition for many years.
Often appears as...
- chronic depressive
- severe depressive
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Medical
adjective
Feeling very sad, often without any reason.
He was diagnosed as having a depressive disorder.
Often appears as...
- depressive disorder
- depressive symptoms
Usage tips
Disapproving
Medical
noun
A person who suffers from depression.
She identifies as a depressive, having suffered from the condition for many years.
Often appears as...
- chronic depressive
- severe depressive
Usage tips
Medical
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Pro Tip 1/3Medical Context
Used in medical or psychological discussions to describe sadness linked to illness.
After her diagnosis, she began treatment for depressive symptoms.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Always Rational
Depressive feelings can lack an obvious cause or reason, unlike typical sadness.
Even on his birthday, he felt an unexplained depressive mood.
Pro Tip 3/3Professional Diagnosis
A professional, like a psychologist, usually diagnoses depressive disorders.
The therapist confirmed she was going through a depressive episode.
Pro Tip 1/3Medical Context
Used in medical or psychological discussions to describe sadness linked to illness.
After her diagnosis, she began treatment for depressive symptoms.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Always Rational
Depressive feelings can lack an obvious cause or reason, unlike typical sadness.
Even on his birthday, he felt an unexplained depressive mood.
Pro Tip 3/3Professional Diagnosis
A professional, like a psychologist, usually diagnoses depressive disorders.
The therapist confirmed she was going through a depressive episode.
Pro Tip 1/3Medical Context
Used in medical or psychological discussions to describe sadness linked to illness.
After her diagnosis, she began treatment for depressive symptoms.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Always Rational
Depressive feelings can lack an obvious cause or reason, unlike typical sadness.
Even on his birthday, he felt an unexplained depressive mood.
Pro Tip 3/3Professional Diagnosis
A professional, like a psychologist, usually diagnoses depressive disorders.
The therapist confirmed she was going through a depressive episode.
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Why you should define...
In that column, you write down the answer What could I do to prevent each of these bullets from happening, or, at the very least, decrease the likelihood even a little bit? So for getting depressed in London, I could take a portable blue light with me and use it for 15 minutes in the morning. I knew that helped stave off depressive episodes.
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A new class of drug that...
can result in a psychiatric disorder, such as depression. In fact, most cases of major depressive disorder are initially triggered by stress. And from what we've seen so far in mice, resilience enhancers can protect against purely biological stressors, like stress hormones,
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Depression, the secret...
You think that the veil has been taken away, the veil of happiness, and that now you're seeing truly. It's easier to help schizophrenics who perceive that there's something foreign inside of them that needs to be exorcised, but it's difficult with depressives,
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How nature engages your...
incredible resolution I mean to the limits of the resolution of the human eye and so there's so much information that we can draw on but we don't know how exactly how to optimize it for particulars like for someone who's depressive or someone and so so we can
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Jane Fonda: Life's third...
feel better, are less stressed, less hostile, less anxious. We tend to see commonalities more than differences. Some of the studies even say we're happier. This is not what I expected, trust me. I come from a long line of depressives.
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Dong-Dong the Rescue PIPE...
bit more active brain right brain who try to pull himself away turn that's more than this passive brain that he is and more like in a depressive state he knows everything he moves up or he gives me another language for another
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Why should you read...
which enabled her to pursue a life in the arts. The death of her mother in 1895 was followed by that of her half-sister, father, and brother within the next ten years. These losses led to Woolf's first depressive episode
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Why should you read...
in New York during college. The novel follows its heroine, Esther, as she slides into a severe depressive episode, but also includes wickedly funny and shrewd depictions of snobby fashion parties and dates with dull men.
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How to connect with...
Give us a sense of control. Like, get our consent. I have a friend who, a while back, when I was having a depressive episode, reached out and said, "Hey, I want to check in with you. Can I call you every day?
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How can we support the...
reported clinically significant depressive symptoms. My interactions with colleagues and my own experiences make me feel like this is a universal struggle across all grade levels. So what are we missing?
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Why you should define...
In that column, you write down the answer What could I do to prevent each of these bullets from happening, or, at the very least, decrease the likelihood even a little bit? So for getting depressed in London, I could take a portable blue light with me and use it for 15 minutes in the morning. I knew that helped stave off depressive episodes.
Video examples
A new class of drug that...
can result in a psychiatric disorder, such as depression. In fact, most cases of major depressive disorder are initially triggered by stress. And from what we've seen so far in mice, resilience enhancers can protect against purely biological stressors, like stress hormones,
Video examples
Depression, the secret...
You think that the veil has been taken away, the veil of happiness, and that now you're seeing truly. It's easier to help schizophrenics who perceive that there's something foreign inside of them that needs to be exorcised, but it's difficult with depressives,
Video examples
How nature engages your...
incredible resolution I mean to the limits of the resolution of the human eye and so there's so much information that we can draw on but we don't know how exactly how to optimize it for particulars like for someone who's depressive or someone and so so we can
Video examples
Jane Fonda: Life's third...
feel better, are less stressed, less hostile, less anxious. We tend to see commonalities more than differences. Some of the studies even say we're happier. This is not what I expected, trust me. I come from a long line of depressives.
Video examples
Dong-Dong the Rescue PIPE...
bit more active brain right brain who try to pull himself away turn that's more than this passive brain that he is and more like in a depressive state he knows everything he moves up or he gives me another language for another
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Why should you read...
which enabled her to pursue a life in the arts. The death of her mother in 1895 was followed by that of her half-sister, father, and brother within the next ten years. These losses led to Woolf's first depressive episode
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Why should you read...
in New York during college. The novel follows its heroine, Esther, as she slides into a severe depressive episode, but also includes wickedly funny and shrewd depictions of snobby fashion parties and dates with dull men.
Video examples
How to connect with...
Give us a sense of control. Like, get our consent. I have a friend who, a while back, when I was having a depressive episode, reached out and said, "Hey, I want to check in with you. Can I call you every day?
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How can we support the...
reported clinically significant depressive symptoms. My interactions with colleagues and my own experiences make me feel like this is a universal struggle across all grade levels. So what are we missing?
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Rutger Bregman
Dutch Historian
Psychologists even have a term for this: they talk about 'mean world syndrome'. People who have just seen too much of the news have become more cynical, more pessimistic, more anxious, even more depressive. So, yeah, I think that is something you need to be wary of.
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Maria Bamford
American Comedian
My dad has some depressive issues, and he's really tough on himself. So sometimes he can say things that are not super supportive. Like once I did a set, and he says, 'Sheesh, no wonder you're still single.' I was like, 'Eight ball, corner pocket, dad.
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Sean Lock
English Comedian
There are certain types of stand-up, who are very successful, who do one type of joke, and never stray out of that. The audience knows that he's the depressive comedian, he's the up-beat, crazy comic. He's the one that talks about real life.
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Eugene Lee Yang
I haven't really spoken openly about my experiences with depression, especially, not ever having the chance to be in any way clinically diagnosed but I think that I certainly have a naturally depressive personality.
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David Baddiel
English Comedian
I certainly don't think comedians are more depressive than any other walk of life. I have had clinical depression, as it happens. The stress of performing didn't help, but it wasn't about being a comedian in itself.
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Steve Zissis
American Actor
I was an early peaker, and then I went through a depressive part of my life and had some struggles personally. Things don't always happen as you'd expect them to happen, but there's always a second act.
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Karl Abraham
German Psychologist
When the depressive psychosis has become manifest, its cardinal feature seems to be a mental inhibition which renders a rapport between the patient and the external world more difficult.
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Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu
Mexican Director
I am not a depressive person at all, but I reflect a lot on my life, and life in general, from the perspective of death.
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James Acaster
English Comedian
I'm not a big depressive, but I have my moments.
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Josh Tillman
American Musician
I'm a dramatic, depressive person.
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Rutger Bregman
Dutch Historian
Psychologists even have a term for this: they talk about 'mean world syndrome'. People who have just seen too much of the news have become more cynical, more pessimistic, more anxious, even more depressive. So, yeah, I think that is something you need to be wary of.
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Maria Bamford
American Comedian
My dad has some depressive issues, and he's really tough on himself. So sometimes he can say things that are not super supportive. Like once I did a set, and he says, 'Sheesh, no wonder you're still single.' I was like, 'Eight ball, corner pocket, dad.
Quote examples
Sean Lock
English Comedian
There are certain types of stand-up, who are very successful, who do one type of joke, and never stray out of that. The audience knows that he's the depressive comedian, he's the up-beat, crazy comic. He's the one that talks about real life.
Quote examples
Eugene Lee Yang
I haven't really spoken openly about my experiences with depression, especially, not ever having the chance to be in any way clinically diagnosed but I think that I certainly have a naturally depressive personality.
Quote examples
David Baddiel
English Comedian
I certainly don't think comedians are more depressive than any other walk of life. I have had clinical depression, as it happens. The stress of performing didn't help, but it wasn't about being a comedian in itself.
Quote examples
Steve Zissis
American Actor
I was an early peaker, and then I went through a depressive part of my life and had some struggles personally. Things don't always happen as you'd expect them to happen, but there's always a second act.
Quote examples
Karl Abraham
German Psychologist
When the depressive psychosis has become manifest, its cardinal feature seems to be a mental inhibition which renders a rapport between the patient and the external world more difficult.
Quote examples
Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu
Mexican Director
I am not a depressive person at all, but I reflect a lot on my life, and life in general, from the perspective of death.
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James Acaster
English Comedian
I'm not a big depressive, but I have my moments.
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Josh Tillman
American Musician
I'm a dramatic, depressive person.
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