No, depression in itself cannot kill you. It is the affects that it has on one's being. If one has never experienced depression it is so hard to explain the torture that it puts you through. This is why there are so many suicides from depression around the world. In this way, depression is a killer.
Depression can make a person wish they were dead.
Essentially they feel like they have no reason to expect tomorrow to be any better than today and therefore they have no desire to go on.
A feeling of despair could cause someone to neglect taking care of them self with regard to health issues or engage in high risk behavior which could ultimately lead to their death.
You have a valid point. Thank you so much for sharing your comment.
The act of depression itself is a kind of death. For many it is full of pangs and penury and can be chasmic in its outlook.
Still, many can come from the brink much stronger than they initially were. Seen from the Higher standpoint, all things can be beneficial and history is full of the lives of those who were almost without hope, yet somehow turned their lives around. The secret here is the wisdom to know where we are, and to work with this discernment. Wondrous are the ways of the Lord!.
by deergha 12 years ago
History repeats itself - do you believe?Anything that happened to you ever that you want to believe it?
by Harish Mamgain 9 years ago
How can we overcome fear of death once and for all ?Every person is in the grip of this finality but a very few know the answer of this great riddle,so this is a poser to the whole humanity.
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