What is the difference between sadness and depression?

Sadness last for a short er time amount and most of the time sadness is caused by something.. Depression kind if happens..

I'll try to provide an example. Lets see, the other day I watched a tv show I really liked, and a character I was rather fond of died. That made me sad. The emotion that I felt was triggered by an event. Sadness includes causality. Depression however, lacks that. You feel sad for -no- determinable reason,

Sadness is being sad for a short time, and depression is not only being sad, but also losing interest in things you used to enjoy, loss of appetite, change in sleeping patterns, etc.

Depression is the release of hormones and seritonon which causes the flood of endorphines which may make you feel one minute alright and the next not so well. Sadness is the feeling of the heart like grief or anger. It may take time to heal the wounds of the heart.

Sadness is usually more temporary, depression can last a very long time and is harder to get through.

Sadness is a mood that is temporary. Depression is a disorder, and it drains you of all you can do. Sadness may include crying, grief, lost love, abandonment, but you're mind has ways to heal it. Depression is far more serious, it doesn't lift after even a good day, week, you can be so depleted by it that it seems like you are not moving, and hardly keeping up. Depression needs medical help, even if you don't believe, or believe in medication. The most important difference between sadness and depression, is there is an element of possible suicidal urges linked with depression. It can sprial do

depression is a deeper more pointless feeling, feels like giving up. sadness is easier to pick yourself up from, often has a clearer reason too.

Sadness will generally last a short period of time whereas depression lasts for more than just a few weeks. Depression also involves a sense of impeding doom, anxiety, suicidal thoughts, and hopelessness. It usually prolongs for a few months at a time and then stops but it almost always re-occurs throughout teh persons life

Sadness can be temporary and usually there is a reason behind why one is sad. Depression on the other hand can occur randomly for no reason at all and it can stay for a very long time. The opposite of sadness is happiness. The opposite of depression is sustainability, how long can one remain content.

Sadness is something for the moment, it is generated by small things, while depression might absorb you completely and get you to suicidal thoughts. When you feel depressed you don't enjoy anything anymore and you stop doing things that usually made you really happy.