... than after therapy, one might conclude it did bring some relief to his emotional instability and torment. His most famous paintings, depicting fear, hopelessness and aloneness and the theme of misery and the preoccupation with life's dismal side, were completed before he received professional help. Later works presented more realistic characters in tune with nature, but still not quite in perfect ... many people were not ready to see and admit existed, to some extent, within each of them: fear, loneliness, paranoia, sadness. Munch's convulsed and tortuous art was formed by the misery an...

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... allow for treatment and eliminate low feelings, low self-esteem, and drained feelings. It is too easy to say their lives are fruitless and filled with nothing but pain and misery. The best thing we can offer loved ones in time of illness, loneliness, helplessness is our support, care, and understanding to make them feel wanted. Remember, suicide does not end ... ...

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... 7:2-7 shows us his depressive mood: "Like a slave longing for the evening shadows, or a hired man waiting eagerly for his wages, so I have been allotted months of futility, and nights of misery have been assigned to me. When I lie down I think, 'How long before I get up?' The night drags on, and I toss till dawn. My body is clothed with worms and scabs ... ...

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... a teen is depressed he/she thinks that committing suicide is a logical solution to their overwhelming pain. During depression a person very commonly develops tunnel vision. Life may seem like a never ending misery and they may see no reason to continue. The individual has difficulty seeing the future. He or she cannot look past the present feelings, which begin to take over the ... ...

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