Rutger Bregman

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.

Dutch Historian

Maria Bamford

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.

American Comedian

Sean Lock

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.

English Comedian

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.

David Baddiel

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.

Steve Zissis

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.

American Actor

Karl Abraham

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.

German Psychologist

Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu

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.

Mexican Director

James Acaster

I'm not a big depressive, but I have my moments.

Josh Tillman

American Musician

Used in medical or psychological discussions to describe sadness linked to illness.

Medical Context

Depressive feelings can lack an obvious cause or reason, unlike typical sadness.

Not Always Rational

A professional, like a psychologist, usually diagnoses depressive disorders.

Professional Diagnosis

Refers to a person struggling with depression, not just feeling temporarily sad.

Individual Suffering

Use 'depressive' in contexts where depression is medically recognized.

Medical Identification

'Depressive' is serious and not used for casual, everyday sadness or disappointment.

Not Casual

 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.

Why you should define...

 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,

A new class of drug that...

 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,

Depression, the secret...

 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

How nature engages your...

 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.

Jane Fonda: Life's third...

 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

Dong-Dong the Rescue PIPE...

 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

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.

 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?

How to connect with...

 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?