My 10 Photos That Show What Depression Looks Like

Sometimes depression is not the end of the story. Depression can lead to many other related diseases such as anxiety and, ultimately, phobia. The fear of not being able to do something or delusions cause people with depression to constantly feel suffocated and trapped even in a situation that may seem like a regular everyday occurrence to someone who does not suffer from depression.

It's not that all depressed people are sad and cry all the time. Some depressed people are brilliant actors. They socialize like everyone else. They laugh and make others laugh. Only when they come home and close their doors, do they reveal their true faces.

Men have a more difficult time expressing their depressed emotions to others. Sometimes the only place they can express their depression is in the bathroom. And often, all the taps are turned on so that no one can hear them cry.

In this society, the depressed cry into a pillow because no one cares about their depression. If someone is found crying due to depression, they are often labeled as 'crazy', made fun of or become the center of amusement. But hardly anyone ever tries to find out their reasons for crying or to help them get out of depression.

Sometimes we are so depressed that we hide behind closed doors, lie in our beds and cry out silent tears so that those on the other side of the door cannot hear us.

With this image, I actually intended to highlight 2 things. First, the Bangladeshi job market and graduate students. The number of people who graduate and the number of jobs available are unbalanced. Just due to unemployment, many young men and women in Bangladesh are falling into depression and committing suicide. Secondly, many women in Bangladesh do not get permission from their in-laws to get a job after marriage. But many women graduate after a lot of sweat and tears with a dream of working for a good organization or becoming businesswomen. Due to marriage, many women's dreams remain unfulfilled and they become dependent on others which becomes a reason for their depression.

Education in Bangladesh can become a burden on students. Students become depressed because society forces them to perform well in academic activities. The same old criteria where CGPA matters and one mistake leads to unemployment. The constant pressure of studying and taking exams is a major cause of anxiety and depression among students.

We often think that money can cure anything and those with money do not suffer from things like depression. This perception is completely inaccurate. Sometimes all the money in the world can't bring you happiness. If you have a terminal illness, no money can cure you. You may fall into depression at that point.

Due to depression and insomnia, many of us are left with dark circles under our eyes. But people often don't understand that this not an easy issue to fix. Many people advise to just sleep or to practice sleeping at the right time. But no one understands that this sleeplessness cannot be solved just like that.

The doorknob is correlated to depression. Depressed people are like ghosts behind closed doors. Just like we cannot see what a ghost is doing right in front of our eyes, we cannot see what a depressed person is doing behind closed doors.