Depression is a mental disorder and sadness is a part of it. Sometimes it is difficult to differentiate between depression and sadness because the both share same symptoms but different severity and duration.
✓ a person with depression must have symptoms for at least 6 months but for sadness it is just a state that tends to decrease or diminish with the period of time.
✓ daily functioning of a person affects in depression but not in the state of sadness.
✓ sadness is normal like when you have breakup or end up a relationship, when you lost a job and it can be caused by specific event but in depression person feel low, hopeless and intense sad about everything.
✓ depression includes the suicidal ideation but it is not present in the state of normal sadness.
✓ If the period or intensity of sadness increases it may result in depression.
✓ probability of self harm is present more in depressive state than a normal sadness state.
✓ depression is one of the mood disorders and it needs medication but in sadness medication is not recommended...
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