What are the Differences Between Depression and Sadness?

This video describes differences between depression and sadness. Depression is a clinical term that refers to an abnormal cognitive, emotional, and physical states. These states manifest pervasive and disruptive symptoms. Depression refers to a mental health disorder that leads to clinically significant distress. Sadness is a normative emotion that is often associated with a distinct situation in someone’s life. Sadness typically fades over time or the person adjusts to the situation that led to the sadness.

[diablominero]

Sadness is to depression as dogs are to hyenas. People think they're much more similar than they actually are.

[jennyvinyl]

Talking about depression there is an ongoing debate about the difference between burnout and depression. While some authors contend that burnout is a syndrome in its own right others argue that is nothing more than job-related depression. Apparently there is growing evidence suggesting that burnout is indeed a depressive condition rendering the burnout construct useless.

[leighsaldivar]

I feel depressed but I’m also sad because I’ve lost so many people in the last few years