That a thousand mosquitoes have fed from your blood and you are not affected by malaria but the other person beaten by just one mosquito falls sick is an indication that you have a stronger immune system or body defence against the malaria parasite than the other person.

That you have suffered more than the biblical Job, been to hell and back, been sad, etc and yet you didn't suffer depression, let alone thinking suicide doesn't really mean you are stronger than the person who failed ordinary JAMB and committed suicide. Your mental system or brain is simply more resistant to the surge of depression than the other person. Depression is a health condition just like every other disease or sickness you know of. While suffering and sadness can lead to depression, the two are entirely different from depression.

Things you should know are:

1. Prayers will never cure depression. If you can't pray yourself out of malaria and you buy drugs, then you can't pray yourself or someone out of depression. It's a mental health condition, therefore, seek medical help. There are drugs for depression which only a medical professional should recommend. Don't offer advices to a depressed person when you have little knowledge of the condition. If you truly want to help, then seek medical treatment for the person.

2. It's wrong to blame suiciders and think they are hell fire-bound. We know you are the Chief of Hell Fire Staff and you determine who goes there or not. But chill. Hardly would anyone take their own life in their right senses. Like HIV, which progresses to AIDS if untreated and finally kills, depression progresses to the worst stage of clinical or major depression if not treated and at this stage, controls your mental self as a remote controls a TV and you almost have not control over your choices and if suicide becomes the resulting effect of yours, it becomes an option and you almost can't stop yourself from it. So God in his mercy can't just put such a person in hell fire. Even you, a wicked human can't be that heartless. So if you have this opinion, you should definitely not offer advices to a depressed person as you may be making matters worse.

Depression can be explained as a mental health disorder distinguished by constantly depressed mood or causing a long-term loss of interest in the things of life or loss of hope in a brighter/happy future.

The causes can range from a combination of biological, mental and social sources of distress. More and more, research is of the opinion that these factors may bring about changes in brain function, including altered activity of certain neural circuits in the brain.

Depression has been so common among people in the world and in Nigeria alone, there has been a record 1.5 million cases per year. Depression as bad as it is, can be treated by a medical professional and it can be resolved within months. In treating depression, medical diagnosis is required, including laboratory tests or imaging.

Read all here

https://schooltalk.com.ng/depression-what-you-need-to-know-about-it-as-a-student/

If you are depressed reach out to me. Please note I did not say if you are broke o. Money is not the solution for depression so don't look to money for solution. Wanna talk? Reach out