Distinguishing the difference between frustration and depression can be somewhat confusing as these two emotions have some connection. Remember that we have to understand frustration and depression as two different terms between which we can observe certain links. As human beings, we all experience frustration and some level of depression in life. Frustration can be defined as an emotion that people experience, when they cannot achieve their goals. Depression, on the other hand, has to be understood as apsychological condition where a person feels no interest in any activity and feels helpless. A person can feel this state of helplessness, when he cannot achieve his goals. This highlights that frustration can lead to depression. This article attempts to highlight the difference between the two terms.
What is the difference between Frustration and Depression?
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Distinguishing the difference between frustration and depression can be somewhat confusing as these two emotions have some connection. Remember that we have to understand frustration and depression as two different terms between which we can observe certain links. As human beings, we all experience frustration and some level of depression in life. Frustration can be defined as an emotion that people experience, when they cannot achieve their goals. Depression, on the other hand, has to be understood as apsychological condition where a person feels no interest in any activity and feels helpless. A person can feel this state of helplessness, when he cannot achieve his goals. This highlights that frustration can lead to depression. This article attempts to highlight the difference between the two terms.
What is the difference between Frustration and Depression?
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Dear Abhijt et all,
fAccordimg to the psychologist Vicent Berger: " life is full of frustrations. From the minor irritations of losing something to the major problem of continued failure towards a desired goal. Since many of the things we truly want require a degree of frustration, being able to manage frustration is required in order to allow us to remain happy and positive even in trying circumstances.
Frustration is an emotion that occurs in situations where a person is blocked from reaching a desired outcome. In general, whenever we reach one of our goals, we feel pleased and whenever we are prevented from reaching our goals, we may succumb to frustration and feel irritable, annoyed and angry. Typically, the more important the goal, the greater the frustration and resultant anger or loss of confidence.
Frustration is not necessarily bad since it can be a useful indicator of the problems in a person's life and, as a result, it can act as a motivator to change. However, when it results in anger, irritability, stress, resentment, depression, or a spiral downward where we have a feeling of resignation or giving up, frustration can be destructive.
Frustration is experienced whenever the results (goals) you are expecting do not seem to fit the effort and action you are applying. Frustration will occur whenever your actions are producing less and fewer results than you think they should.
The frustration we experience can be seen as the result of two types of goal blockage, i.e. internal and external sources of frustration.
Internal sources of frustration usually involve the disappointment that get when we cannot have what we want as a result of personal real or imagined deficiencies such as a lack of confidence or fear of social situations. Another type of internal frustration results when a person has competing goals that interfere with one another.
The second type of frustration results from external causes that involve conditions outside the person such as physical roadblocks we encounter in life including other people and things that get in the way of our goals. One of the biggest sources of frustration in today's world is the frustration caused by the perception of wasting time. When you're standing in line at a bank, or in traffic, or on the phone, watching your day go by when you have got so much to do, that's one big frustration.
External frustration may be unavoidable. We can try to do something about it, like finding a different route if we are stuck in traffic, or choosing a different restaurant if our first choice is closed, but sometimes there is just nothing we can do about it. It is just the way life is. Our goal in dealing with external sources of frustration is to recognize the wisdom of the the Serenity Prayer..."God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change; courage to change the things I can; and wisdom to know the difference."
One can learn that while the situation itself may be upsetting and frustrating, you do not have to be frustrated. Accepting life is one of the secrets of avoiding frustration.
Some of the "typical" responses to frustration include anger, quitting (burn out or giving up), loss of self-esteem and self-confidence, stress and depression.
ANGER: There is a saying "Frustration begets anger and anger begets aggression." Direct anger and aggression is expressed toward the object perceived as the cause of the frustration. If a machine does not work, you might hit it or kick it. If someone gets in your way, you could verbally threaten them or push them aside. If the source of the frustration is too powerful or threatening for direct aggression, displaced aggression is often used. The aggression is redirected toward a less threatening and more available object.
An angry person often acts without thinking. The person has given in to the frustration and they have given up restraint. Anger can be a healthy response if it motivates us to positive action but all too often the actions we engage in when angry are destructive. Indeed, if we could see a videotape of ourselves getting angry, the humiliation might well help cure us of anger. When you feel frustration building, you have to practice learned responses that lead to healthy actions instead of destructive ones.
GIVING UP: Giving up on a goal can be productive if the goal is truly out of reach. However, more often giving up (quitting or being apathetic) is another form of giving in to frustration. When repeatedly frustrated, people can drop out of school, quit jobs, or move away. Apathy is giving up all of your goals, so you cannot be frustrated by trying to reach them.
We live in difficult time and we have to be persistent in order to accomplish. Consider how many projects you began, and then gave up, because you became frustrated and lost patience. Make a list of things you started and quit because they seemed too difficult. Now calculate the disappointment and loss you suffered by not dealing with the frustration in a more healthy way. Try to remember that quitters never win, and winners never quit. Losing your temper means you're a quitter.
LOSS OF CONFIDENCE: Loss of confidence is a terrible frequent side effect of giving up and not fulfilling your goal. A loss of self-confidence and self-esteem means that If we quit once, then the next time we plan a goal, we may not be able to accurately assess our ability to carry it out and we stop trusting ourselves and our own abilities. This became a self-fulfilling and self-destructive attitude. You need to be able to learn that when the going gets tough, you say to yourself "It is worth it!" and by following through, it not only gets the job done, but it builds self-confidence.
STRESS: Stress is the "wear and tear" our body and mind experiences as we adjust to the frustrations our continually changing environment. Too frequently, extreme, or prolonged frustration and stress strains us and generates distress signals. Our body experiences distress signals in a variety of ways, often in the form of: irritability, anger, fatigue, anxiety, headaches, depression, stomachaches, hypertension, migraines, ulcers, heart attacks, or colitis.
DEPRESSION: Depression can affect almost every aspect of your life. It affects people of all ages, income, race, and cultures. Depression can affect the way you eat and sleep, the way you feel about yourself, the way one think about things, and the way you interact with others. While we all feel depression at various appropriate times in our lives, excess or inappropriate depression cannot be easily dismissed or wished away.
OTHER REACTIONS: Abuse of drugs or alcohol is self-destructive and usually futile attempt at dealing with frustration, as are many eating and weight problems and addictive behaviors. Whenever the immediate effects of the addictive behavior wear off, users find themselves back in the same, or even worse, frustrating situation.
Learning To Deal With Frustration
It is unrealistic to believe you can rid yourself of frustration forever, but you can learn to do things to minimize your frustrations and to make sure you do not engage in unhealthy responses to frustration.
You will need to learn to distinguish between what you hope will happen, what will probably happen, and what actually happened. Life inevitably has its ups and downs -- its moments of relaxation and times of tension. When you learn to truly accept this reality, you come one step closer to being able to deal with frustration in a healthy way.
There are several types of problems that we encounter in everyday living: those which you know can be solved, those which you are not sure if they can be solved or not, those you know are totally out of your control, and those you are so confused about that you do not even know what the problem is. You need to be able to accurately assess your abilities to alter situations that prevent you from solving your problems and reaching your goal. Then you will be able to assess which of the types of problems you have encountered, and you will then be able to develop a realistic plan.
Learning to take things in stride will also help you to be more content and happy which, in turn, will help you to more easily overcome anger and frustration. If you are upset, sad, anxious, or depressed you will have less patience and tolerance for everything and everybody.
Treatment of Frustration
Frustration and anger are fundamental emotions that everyone experiences from time to time. From a very early age, people learn to express frustration by copying the behavior they see modeled around them, and by expressing frustration and angry behavior and seeing what they can get away with.
We all suffer from frustration, and being able to effectively deal with frustration is a very important skill to develop. Each person needs to learn how to control frustration, so that it does not control them. The following is a brief overview of types of frustration management programs and resources that have proved helpful in understanding and controlling frustration and anger.
I have found several approaches to treatment that have been effective for my clients including:
Individual and Group Therapy for Anger Management
A therapist, who can observe and analyze your behavior from an impartial perspective, can help you with your reality testing. An therapist knows many effective frustration and anger management strategies and will be able to help you develop a personalized set of strategies for changing both your thinking and behavior. Depending on your needs, your therapist may work with you on breathing or meditation exercises to reduce frustration, safe and appropriate emotional and physical techniques to release frustration,communication skills, or cognitive restructuring (a method for disputing and changing the way you think).
Relaxation and exercise
Simple relaxation tools such as deep breathing and relaxing imagery can help calm down feelings of frustration and anger. Breathing deeply, from your diaphragm, will help while breathing from your chest won't relax you. While breathing, you can slowly repeat a calm word or phrase such as "relax," "calm down" or "take it easy." Non-strenuous exercise, like yoga, can relax your muscles and make you feel much calmer. Strenuous and vigorous exercise can also help you to work off frustration and angry feelings.
Frustration can have a highly damaging impact on our frame of mind. It can turn a positive person into a person who sees nearly everything as a problem. It can slow you down, inhibit your progress, and at times completely immobilize you. We can become so wound up with our frustration that we do not, and can not, think or act rationally. Our frustration can often exacerbate a situation and create a vicious circle. If we are convinced that our actions are not working, no matter how hard we try, we are much more likely to reduce, rather than increase, our chances of success.
You can not eliminate frustration. In spite of all your efforts, things will happen that will cause you frustration and anger. Life is filled with frustration, pain, loss, and the unpredictable actions of others. You can't change that; but you can change the way you let such events affect you."
Have a nice time
Helena
MANAGING FRUSTRATION, A PRIMARY FACTOR OF HEALTH
It is a feeling of dissatisfaction resulting from unfulfilled needs or unresolved problems. The closer you are to a goal, the greater are the excitement and expectation of the pleasure and the more frustrated you get by being held back. For some, frustrating situations can be motivating and stimulate the need for change; for others. they can result in feelings of powerlessness, depression, and anxiety. Dealing with frustrating situations can be beneficial because it can drive new learning and new skills.
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Depression and frustration both are psychological and mental. while depression is caused by incessant acute frustration, frustration is temporal, depression is the psychological status mostly affected by discrimination, covert behaviour of those who are trusted, and prolonged prejudices by the dominant others. frustration is mental status mostly caused by heavy work load, disableness by to face immediate problems etc.
Frustration is an emotion that occurs in situations where a person is blocked from reaching a desired outcome. In general, whenever we reach one of our goals, we feel pleased and whenever we are prevented from reaching our goals, we may succumb to frustration and feel irritable, annoyed and angry. Typically, the more important the goal, the greater the frustration and resultant anger or loss of confidence.
Frustration is not necessarily bad since it can be a useful indicator of the problems in a person's life and, as a result, it can act as a motivator to change. However, when it results in anger, irritability, stress, resentment, depression, or a spiral downward where we have a feeling of resignation or giving up, frustration can be destructive.
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Dear Abhijt et all,
Depression to me is reduced or lost energy while Frustration is blocked energy and therefore directs towards the frustrated.
Frustration is a reaction to a situation that is not going as you'd hoped: even bipolars when manic often feel frustrated.
Depression, if being used as a diagnostic category, could be Major Depressive Disorder, Dysthymia, Depression Not Otherwise Specified, Adjustment Reaction With Depressive Features: check out the ICD-10 for diagnoses based on expert consensus, still awaiting validation.
Dear Abhijit,
The differences are defined in the words derivations. Frustration came from Latin 'frustro'- to deceive, dissapoint; Depression from Latin 'de-primo'- to press down.
Therefore, frustration refers to inability to gratify a desire; depression to reduction below the normal level, for example in spirit.
Kind regards,
Tatyana
Depression is so widely defined that nearly everyone qualifies as clinically depressed. This isn’t to say depression is a myth. We all experience blue spells from time to time.
http://www.medicine.news/2015-11-25-how-to-overcome-depression-without-anti-depressants.html
Depression is lousy term for the medical condition MAJOR DEPRESSIVE DISORDER precisely because depression is so wide spread and means many more things than ICD-10 MAJOR DEPRESSIVE DISORDER.
MELANCHOLIA, the term used originally by the Greeks to describe the condition they believed to be caused by too much black bile, and which Freud discusses in MOURNING AND MELANCHOLIA, had the advantage of being distinguishable from normal everyday depression
Psychiatric nomenclature needs an overhaul: for example schizophrenia ("proved" by Kraepelin's friend and colleague Ernst Rudin to be a simple Mendelian recessive disorder) needs (according to me) to be replaced, even though I am a schizophrenia researcher
Article Reliability and validity of the positive and negative syndro...
Both are disappointing situation for human being.
Depression is a state of low mood and aversion to activity that can affect a person's thoughts, behavior, feelings and sense of well-being. People with depressed mood can feel sad, anxious, empty, hopeless, helpless, worthless, guilty, irritable, ashamed or restless. They may lose interest in activities that were once pleasurable, experience loss of appetite or overeating, have problems concentrating, remembering details or making decisions, and may contemplate, attempt or commit suicide. Insomnia, excessive sleeping, fatigue, aches, pains, digestive problems or reduced energy may also be present. Depressed mood is a feature of some psychiatric syndromes such as major depressive disorder, but it may also be a normal reaction to life events such as grief, a symptom of some bodily ailments or a side effect of some drugs and medical treatments.
In psychology, frustration is a common emotional response to opposition. Related to anger and disappointment, it arises from the perceived resistance to the fulfillment of individual will. The greater the obstruction, and the greater the will, the more the frustration is likely to be. Causes of frustration may be internal or external. In people, internal frustration may arise from challenges in fulfilling personal goals and desires, instinctual drives and needs, or dealing with perceived deficiencies, such as a lack of confidence or fear of social situations. Conflict can also be an internal source of frustration; when one has competing goals that interfere with one another, it can create cognitive dissonance. External causes of frustration involve conditions outside an individual, such as a blocked road or a difficult task. While coping with frustration, some individuals may engage in passive–aggressive behavior, making it difficult to identify the original cause(s) of their frustration, as the responses are indirect. A more direct, and common response, is a propensity towards aggression
I am depressed when I wake up in the morning, and frustrated when I go to sleep at night...
Depressed, because I know I have to spend another day doing what I love but unpayed and with several obstacles. Frustrated, after a long working day, because I have been working all day, nobody recognise what I do and I get not payed, plus, I know I have to repeat it again the netx day...
I don't know if someone can understand this...
Then... What's the difference?
Depression as a DIAGNOSTIC CATEGORY needs a new name, since it has so many meanings, as exemplified in the many excellent answers
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