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                 Recently, I found my friends   exclaiming, “I am extremely stressed!” —but was she truly? It wasn't a crisis that would change her life, and she wasn't drowning in toxic pressure. She was merely managing several tasks simultaneously. It occurred to me that contemporary discourse often employs terms such as 'stress', 'anxiety', and 'depression' so casually that they have nearly forfeited their genuine significance. Here, ‘losing weight’ doesn’t mean physical weight—it means words like stress, anxiety, and depression are losing their weightage, their true significance, because of casual overuse.”                We use them "stress-free"—without reflecting on their true significance. It's particularly crucial to pay attention to this informal usage of strong language in the classroom. Envision an educator lamenting, “I’m disheartened by the examination outcomes,” while ...

Depression in Adolescence—Causes and solution Depression or depressive disorder is as old as mankind. Everyone feels blue and sad occasionally and is able to get back from it. The sad feelings are short lived and do not interfere with the day today life. When some is in depression it means, the sad feelings interferes with daily life and causes pain for both individual and those who care about the individual . Depression is a common but serious illness. According to Medi Lexicon's Medical Dictionary, depression is "a mental state or chronic mental disorder characterized by feelings of sadness, loneliness, despair, low self-esteem, and self-reproach; accompanying signs include psychomotor retardation (or less frequently agitation), withdrawal from social contact, and vegetative states such as loss of appetite and insomnia." Adults suffering from depression are quite common. Though it is common it is a serious illness. Irony is many suffering from depression do not seek tr...