Story Of Depression Research Articles

STORIES OF CATASTROPHE IN REFIK HALIT KARAY’S MEMLEKET HIKÂYELERI

Refik Halit Karay is considered one of the most important novel and short story writers in the Turkish Literature in the 20th century. He was born on 15 of March 1888 in Istanbul, the capital of the Ottoman State at that time. He died on 18 of July 1965 after a life lasted for 77 years. He was buried in his birthplace Istanbul in the cemetery of Zincirlikuyu. He wrote and published several works in different fields of literature. He added a great deal of contribution to Turkish literature especially in the republican period. Memleket Hikâyeleri is one of the books of the second stories of Refik Halit Karay. It is the most important and famous short story for the writer in the field of stories. Among other important stories are: the Poor Amina, Peach Gardens, the Big Bull, Wahbi Afandi Doubts, Yellow Honey, The Joke, The Brown Donkey, Neighbor‟s honor, the Deposit, Omar‟s Contest, Once a Year, a Teacher‟s Painting, Strange Gift, Attack, and the Destiny of Angry Aisha which contains about 18 short stories. It is undoubtedly the most interesting book in the field of short stories in Turkish Literature. The first edition of this book published in 1919 while the second edition published in 1947 received a revision by the writer himself. Although the subject of the story changes from one story to another, the book comes in the first place among stories of depression and sorrow. Depression is a state of being unable to exit from the current situation in addition to suffering from difficulties and hence feeling exhausted. Depression has its own concept and its own details. It reflects the dilemma in facing the unsolved problems or impossible to be solved. It has been studied earlier by the writers themselves. Depression, as humane and psychological concept, appears repeatedly in the book Memleket Hikâyeleri by the Turkish writer Refik Halit Karay and analyzes deeply this concept through accurate original expressions. This paper starts with this detailed abstract. After presenting life of the writer Refik Halit Karay and his literary personality as well as his works, there is an emphasis on his work entitled Memleket Hikâyeleri. After the introduction about the concept of depression, the paper studies this concept in Refik Halit Karay‟s Memleket Hikâyeleri

Complaining, Regret, Superiority, and Discovery: Chinese Patients' Sense Making of Depression in an Online Forum.

Drawing on observations of a Chinese online depression community, this article explored the members' sense making of depression by analyzing their narrative accounts of depression. Four types of sense making were predominant among the depression sufferers: complaining, regret, superiority, and discovery. The complaining narrative is the members' telling about the pain caused by family (parental control or neglect), school bullying, stress from study or work, and social norms. The regret narrative is the members' reflection on their habit of perfectionism and lack of self-disclosure. The superiority narrative is the members' attribution of depression to their intelligence and morality that surpass the average people. The discovery narrative is the members' novel understanding of the self, significant others, and key events. The findings suggest that the social and psychological explanation of the causes of depression, instead of the medical model, is popular among the Chinese patients. Their stories of depression are also stories of marginalization, visions for the future, and realizing the normalization of identity as depression patients. The findings have implications for public policy around support for mental health.

My Story of Depression: A Content Analysis of Autobiographic Videos on Douyin

ABSTRACT Autobiographical accounts on social media could play an essential role in shaping the public’s understanding of illnesses and dispelling illness-related stigma. This study examined how people living with depression describe their illness experiences on Douyin, China’s leading video-sharing platform, through content analysis. It finds that most videos were created by young women who have lived with the illness for over three years. The top three topics were patient psychology, experience sharing, and knowledge and medical advice. These videos provided an overall non-stigmatizing portrayal of depression, with more than 80% of the influencers using challenge cues. However, stigma cues contributed to the virality of the videos. The theoretical and practical implications of the study were discussed.

Professional Stigma of Mental Health Issues: Physicians Are Both the Cause and Solution.

After a medical student prompted medical faculty to tell their stories of depression and related mental health issues, the author wrote this article with the aim of decreasing the stigma of mental illness and encouraging treatment, as needed, in the medical profession. The professional culture of the house of medicine not only mimics society in attributing stigma to people with mental health issues but may also contribute to high rates of suicide in the ranks of health care professionals by leading to a delay in seeking treatment. Acculturation accelerates in the first year of medical school such that medical students experience an increase in burnout and depressive symptoms from prematriculation levels. It follows that faculty have a responsibility to improve the learning environment. Survey data from medical faculty at the author’s institution showed that depression decreased respondents’ willingness to seek mental health treatment because of the stigma and issues of access to help. Faculty attitudes toward mental health issues, including reluctance to admit having such issues, may be conveyed to medical students in the hidden curriculum that teaches them to keep depression hidden. Moreover, the fear of mental disorders is manifested in licensing and privileging applications under the guise of patient safety, contributing to a culture of shame and silence. As creators and guardians of this professional culture, medical faculty and other physicians must be the ones who change it. The same faculty who play a part in causing and perpetuating stigma related to mental health issues have the power to derive and enact some of the solutions. In addition to giving voice to a personal experience of mental health issues, this article offers suggestions for normalizing moderate to severe depression as a medical disorder, decreasing the stigma of mental health issues, and encouraging faculty to seek treatment.

Black Rainbow: How Words Healed Me – My Journey Through Depression, By Rachel Kelly, Yellow Kite, 2014, £8.99, pb, 304 pp, ISBN: 9781444789997

Black Rainbow: How Words Healed Me – My Journey Through Depression Rachel Kelly Yellow Kite, 2014, £8.99, pb, 304 pp, ISBN: 9781444789997 Black Rainbow is Rachel Kelly’s story of depression and recovery. It is an eloquent description of her experience of two severe depressive episodes, both

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Being marked as different: The emotional politics of experiences of depression and migrant belongings

This article asks the question: “What does it mean to think about ‘home’ and ‘belonging’ when migratory experience is enmeshed with the story of depression?”. The article focuses on the personal story of a woman who migrated from the United States (US) to Australia, and whose sense of disconnection and displacement in relation to everyday life is embedded within a narrative of depression. Our discussion of her twin narratives of emotional distress and migration is located within theoretical debates about depression, migration and the constitution of subjectivity. In particular, we draw on psychoanalytical approaches to subjectivity to argue that her emotional distress and the medical diagnosis of depression together represent a form of ‘experienc[ing] oneself as a subject’ (Butler, 2005), and function as a precondition to her narrative of migration. Ultimately, we conclude, the woman's intertwined narratives of depression and migration operate simultaneously to provide retroactive order to her subjectivity.

Review: Nature Cure: A Story of Depression and Healing , by Richard Mabey

Review: Nature Cure: A Story of Depression and Healing By Richard Mabey Reviewed by Matthew Aaron Tennant Oxford, UK Mabey, Richard. Nature Cure: A Story of Depression and Healing. Charlottesville, VA: University of Virginia Press, 2005. 242 pp. US $27.95. cloth. ISBN 978-0-8139-2621-6. Alkaline paper. Nature Cure is a poignant memoir of Richard Mabey’s journey from depression to healing in England’s East Anglia region. The book begins with Mabey, who is in his fifties, being forced to move from the home he has inhabited his entire life. After hearing about and accepting a few vacant rooms in a friend’s farmhouse, he moves to his new lair. The book covers a period of about one year, and during the course of this year, the reader follows Mabey as he closely observes the world around him. It is these observations that color the text and bring the reader into close contact with the natural world of East Anglia. Mabey transitions fluidly to relevant flashbacks that help the reader understand some present day aspect of his situation. He also writes about his relationship with Poppy, another plant lover and the woman who helps him in his transition to mental health. Throughout most of the book, Mabey tells of his experiences and observations, but he occasionally writes more philosophically. For instance, in his description of “sympathetic magic,” he writes, “It’s a different way of understanding and, its followers hope, influencing the world. It begins with observations and experiences, but then, instead of attempting to explain these by reducing them to ever smaller and more discreet parts or ‘atoms’, looks at them more broadly until they seem to fit into the weave of the world” (176). Mabey takes a holistic approach to observing the world, and he appreciates the great natural variety found in his surroundings. Readers might find that Mabey challenges them to think about the world in a different way, and his observations of nature could inspire readers to notice greater natural detail in their current surroundings. Mabey’s eloquent style draws attention to the beauty of nature that is present, even in mundane things. Toward the end of the book, Mabey recounts his first trip to the United States. He writes, “I’d always dreamed of going to America since I was a teenager…A bit of me had always wanted to sit in a diner, and ride in a yellow cab, as if they were moments from a favorite fairy-story” (207). It may seem strange for someone to have “always dreamed of going to America” in this era of international disdain for American foreign policy, but Mabey helps illustrate the vast, rugged beauty that can be appreciated in the United States. Reading an Englishman’s observations of the landscape from New York to the Chesapeake Bay is fresh, and Mabey directs the reader to appreciate nature in whatever form it is observable. Mabey’s has a unique, easy and accessible writing style. General interest readers can enjoy this book, even if they do not recognize every species of flora and fauna about which he Electronic Green Journal , Issue 26, Spring 2008 ISSN: 1076­7975

Women's Stories of Depression: A Constructivist Approach

The purpose of this study was to allow depressed women to tell their stories about depression. The epistemological framework was that of constructivism. The study involved a series of in-depth interviews with three depressed women with young children. Their stories provide an alternative reality to the traditional way of viewing depression. The major themes that emerged from the participants' stories seemed to be linked to the way in which they found themselves being pulled in opposite directions, ending up in a ‘no-win situation’, with the ‘stuckness’ maintaining the depression. The recurring themes centre around: Divided loyalties; failure to meet expectations; control; competence versus incompetence; love and rejection experienced by the ‘special child’; rootedness versus alienation; confrontation versus avoidance of issues and problems and; the role of support. The themes identified in this study may be helpful to those who work with depressed women in both a Western and African context.

Becoming Whole: A Pastoral Story

In my role as parish priest, I am present in the daily life of my community to acknowledge, nurture, celebrate, reflect, witness, and listen to the people around me. Hearing stories, helping people see and live in their stories, find meaning in them is my life work, and this is what happened when I met Eva. Together we will tell you her story of depression, her revelations in therapy, and piecing together the new meanings in her life through creating a quilt to symbolize and reflect her healing process. Eva's life, similar to the lives of each woman who has entered into her own suffering and there found healing, is perpetually becoming whole. Sharing our stories as Eva has opens possibilities for each of us who hears, believes, and witnesses our own pain and that of our sisters, allowing us to shape and give meaning to our stories, our selves, our wholeness, and our holiness.