Are women more depressed than men?
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i think maybe more women admit to it than men
YES
that is not exactly true. People are usually depressed because of their work, or a beloved one passed on. Most people have to be on medications because it depression really hurts.
I think women find mental health issues less threatening than men. It's still a tough thing to talk about when you're a guy.
Yes women are more depressed than men because we have to put up with men!
What do you mean,"Wouldn't it be...." Better or not, we are all going to die. Better, worser. Would it be worser if we all died? Do you infer more women than men would rather be dead? They have a choice, you know. I hope they don't take it. I prefer the live ones.
On a serious note, yes the number of women diagnosed with depressive mood disorder is greater than that of men by a fairly wide margin (it used to be thought 2:1, though it is estimated to be a bit less than that now).
Women have many more reasons to be depressed than men do. Women are constantly under pressure to be perfect. Since nobody is perfect, no matter how hard they strive to be, this invariably leads to a sense of failure, which leads to depression. At least that's how it is with me. I'm sure not all women feel that way, but I'm also sure that many of them do.
No one has a reason to be depressed. Reason itself is for avoiding depression. One way to do it is keep away from chemicals and get good motivational book. If more women buy such books there will be more men with depression. So numbers don´t matter.
Overall, about 5% of a population is depressed at any given time. Of that 5%, approximately 6% of them are female and 4% are male.
Approximately 21% of all women and 14% of all men experience a bout of depression sometime in their lives.
http://bespin.stwing.upenn.edu/~upsych/p...
My dog gets moody when he sees me packing a suitcase.
I am a female (16 years old) and believe me it seems like most women are constantly depressed and attention seeking of all ages.
They use men as an excuse all the time, when really it's something else completely. Like having to get off their **** to do some hard work. They may not even be going out with a man. The number of times I've had females complaining to me because they've been asked to do something simple and then they get all emo on you.
I've been depressed for a long time for real reasons, not just because I'm 'sex obsessed' or whatever. Ever since I was about three I've been discriminated by my own family and treated really badly for 'having epilepsy'.
But you don't see me ramming it down people's throats and attention seeking.
Women have a more fragile hormone system... PMS etc. Woman have the menopause to go through in later life. a lot of young single mums suffer depression because of the circumstance they find themselves in, on the poverty line, no career, kids on at them all the time etc. Men tend to be the bread winners who go off out to work, so they aren't "trapped" at home with kids.
Women tend to live longer as well, so its often a widow how has to then adjust to living alone when her husband of 50 or so years dies first..
Women have always been seen as the "weaker" sex, so I think its probably easier to be more emotional. Boys don't cry etc. Its incredibly difficult for men to admit to having feelings and they aren't as articulate in the first place.
What is it they say. women talk, men do!
Men tend to have more of an outlet. playing rugby or foot ball things like that, its an out let for frustration and mild aggression isn't it?
With no disrespect, men just never seem to think that much or that deeply about the same sorts of things women do. Men often don't care very much about the "bigger picture" and often wonder just why women do. Men don't seem to care as much about appearance, weight or what other people think of them. in general men just don't seem to be as judged or self critical.
Men have SHEDS!
yes. It is a fact that women are depressive -and men get aggressive. It is part of the gender differences of our brains that were necessary and helped to keep us alive during difficult times in evolutionary history.
GOOD QUESTION...Swings and roundabouts. Men are bad at admitting it. Women chat and share feelings more openly. Apparently.
women tend to have superior communication skills
there does seem to be a lot of depression around these days
nothing that an addiction to Valium or prozac wont cure
Depression has nothing to do with gender, it is as you know a state of mind.
You are correct in your prognosis that there are more women than men answering questions on this site.
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