(1): a state of feeling sad : dejection (2): a psychoneurotic or psychotic disorder marked especially by sadness, inactivity, difficulty in thinking and concentration, a significant increase or decrease in appetite and time spent sleeping, feelings of dejection and hopelessness, and sometimes suicidal tendencies c (1): a reduction in activity, amount, quality, or force (2): a lowering of vitality or functional activity

What is depression?

Psychoneurotic: neurosis; especially : a neurosis based on emotional conflict in which an impulse that has been blocked seeks expression in a disguised response or symptom

Neurosis: a mental and emotional disorder that affects only part of the personality, is accompanied by a less distorted perception of reality than in a psychosis, does not result in disturbance of the use of language, and is accompanied by various physical, physiological, and mental disturbances (as visceral symptoms, anxieties, or phobias)

Is depression a sin……

Agree or Disagree...

“People inherit depression like they inherit the color of their eyes”

Agree or Disagree...

“No one has to become depressed even in the most severe circumstances”

Agree or Disagree...

“Depressed people enjoy the extra attention.”

Agree or Disagree...

“Only people with no control over their lives become depressed.”

Agree or Disagree...

“Depression is the result of ‘stinkin’ thinkin’”.

This glass is really half full

How do you see things?

Fill in the blank…..

1.When a person thinks, “Everything in life conspires against me,” he/she feels_________.

2.When someone thinks, “I’ll never amount to anything,” he/she feels __________.

defeated

worthless

3.When a person thinks, “Life stinks,” he/she feels ___________.

4.When someone thinks, “Life couldn’t be any better than this,” he/she feels ______________.

unhappy

satisfied

How attitudes are formed…

Step 1: Event with impact

Step 2: Thoughts about event

Step 3: Connect thoughts with feelings

Step 4: Feelings seen in language

Attitude Formed

How will you choose?