Melancholia is an ancient Greek word that means sadness. Melancholia is better known as melancholic depression. It is a condition characterized by severe mood swings and episodes of extreme grief. Its sufferers fail to find happiness in even positive events happening around them and stay gloomy over long periods. Dealing With Melancholia A person undergoing melancholia will not be very active or enthusiastic. He will feel sad and low for no apparent reason. He will not enjoy mingling with people or hanging out with friends or doing anything normal and will stay depressed. These are some of the commonly experienced effects of melancholia. Many times a person with these symptoms will go through a clinical assessment of some sort to get a better understanding of their condition. Most of the people who have melancholic depression go through these problems but melancholia can have fiercer effects than these. Those who have severe melancholia might get the feeling to commit suicide. When you get a chronic depression attack, you feel hollow inside. You get the feeling that you are useless and you have no reason to live anymore. This horrible feeling of emptiness can take charge over your body. At that point, you have no idea of what you are doing and you end up doing terrible things to yourself. Patients of chronic depression often harm themselves in many ways. Some harsh effects of melancholia are: • Slashing the wrist: People suffering from depression often hurt themselves by cutting their wrist or ...

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