Is there a demon of depression/sloth?

Belphegor isn't really the demon of my description, since he's basically a demon of laziness. Laziness =/= depression.

Why do you want to know? PM me if you don't feel comfortable explaining.

Also, on a different note... how do you differentiate between sloth and laziness? (there can be sooo many causes for depression... opression for one... chemical imbalance for another...)

No, demons do not exist. The cause of depression can be legion and is treatable with medication and/or therapy. I have just overcome a serious episode myself recently. No demons ... just a chemical imbalance.

Depression Is A Treatable Illness: A Patient's Guide
http://www.mentalhealth.com/bookah/p44-dp.html

Sean

The only thing I would say to something like this is - Stop blaming things on fictional entities and take some responsibility for your life.

If someone is lazy or depressed, blaming it on something else is easy but it doesn't help anything. If one admits its his own problem them he can take control

Irresponsibility is a demon.

This is also a way of blaming it on something you have no control over

Hello Chris.
Actually those I have seen who have run into demons are some of the most energized people you could ever run into because they are having the living daylights scared out of them.
They can usually vibrate sitting still in a chair.

Now as to depression and lethargy.
What you eat has an amazing impact on you.
If you think of each bite of food as a form of medication you can see how this is.
I always think switching to mostly fruits and vegetables as the first step to fighting depression.
It helps for any missing nutrients you may have and is easier on the digestive system which tends to also get sluggish during depression.

The next easy thing to do is stay outside of buildings and out in the sunlight and fresh air as much as possible for a good solid week to kick start a change. This will decrease any in house exposure to chemicals that you may be having, stimulate your senses more through scene change, and help to make you more physically active.

Shake yourself up for that first week, write down your top five goals that you think would make you happier, and then come out fighting.

Good luck

Er no... I just wanted to know a demon of depression for a story I'm writing... not so I could blame a personal depression on it.

So, anyone know a name for a demon of depression?

Black Dog - The Beast of Depression

Black Dog - Wiki

A black dog may refer to any dark-hued canine. However, in England, it may also refer to one of several legendary supernatural dogs that are said to haunt the countryside. The most famous of these are the Barghest of Yorkshire and Black Shuck of East Anglia.

Other cultures also include black dogs in their mythology. In Egypt, the god Anubis is a black dog. In Greek mythology, Cerberus may be represented as black, and Hecate was known as "the black she-dog"; black dogs were sacrificed to her in purification rituals.

Black dog is also a chiefly British slang phrase for clinical depression or simply depression. It is associated with Winston Churchill, although its origins are obscure. In 2002, the phrase was used to name the Black Dog Institute in 2002, an Australian educational, research and clinical facility dealing with mood disorders, including depression.

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"I'm afraid the black dog has really got me. Churchill's image of despair suits me better than 'the black hole'. A black hole just swallows you up. Would that it were that easy, to sink down into darkness, as if sleepeing. But this dog, this dog! It crouches in the corner of the room, waits for me to make a move. Or lies at the foot of the bed, like a shadow, until I try to get up. Growls, and will not let me up. I go nowhere alone; he is at my side. He stands between me and any other, while I’m looking good, staying calm, smiling to disarm his ferocity.

Little things overwhelm me: I can't find the mate to my sock. I break the yolk of the egg. The doorbell rings while I’m on the phone. I can’t cope with the little things while he’s there. I have a date. I cannot see how to get dressed for it. The dog stands in the way.

And when I drive, the dog rides along, and I think, 'If I just turn the wheel—now—it would all be over.' I pass the crystal shelf and see myself shattering the precious glass and running a shard across my wrist.

The dog and I stand a moment too long in front of the cabinet staring at the Drano and thinking, 'I wonder what would happen if I drank it?'"

- Kathy Cronkite, On the Edge of Darkness


Black Dog

It crouches in my mind;
Fixed eyes threaten attack;
A scent of overwhelming sadness
again invites it back.
Black dog drains my interest--
fatigue I cannot fight.
Guilt sweeps upon me;
Helplessness his bite.
I lack the will to fight him;
I lack the need to win;
I have no use for rising;
it’s simpler to sleep in.
Black dog senses anxiety;
my fears as pleasure pales
With neither need nor ability
to face more life travails.
Again I face tomorrow
with helplessness and fear;
Knowing well the lesson
that every life is dear.
I know not the reason
why I simply sit and weep.
Black thoughts, deep depression
into my mind do creep;
Black dog cower, slyly slink away.
Again to resist temptation
and face yet another day.

- Ron


Not a demon but I hope the Black Dog is of some help to you.

i was just thinking, IF, it is possible to actually treat depression medically, and depression is the result of a chemical inbalance, then, therefore, so is happiness...and there for happiness can be treated using medicine...in theory

Indeed, happiness is a chemical reaction caused in part by "endorphins". Natural supplements can help alleviate or cure, symptoms of depression. St.Johns "wort" ("herb") is excellent for healing depressive disorders, however it is not recommended for long term use because it will counter act itself and thus cause depression! SAMe, is another supplement that is a gods-send, for those that suffer depression.

"Prophet!" said I, "thing of evil--prophet still, if bird or devil!
By that heaven that bends above us--by that God we both adore--
Tell this soul with sorrow laden, if, within the distant Aidenn,
It shall clasp a sainted maiden, whom the angels name Lenore---
Clasp a rare and radiant maiden, whom the angels name Lenore?
Quoth the raven, "Nevermore."

"Be that word our sign of parting, bird or fiend!" I shrieked, upstarting--
"Get thee back into the tempest and the Night's Plutonian shore!
Leave no black plume as a token of that lie thy soul hath spoken!
Leave my loneliness unbroken! -- quit the bust above my door!
Take thy beak from out my heart, and take thy form from off my door!"
Quoth the raven, "Nevermore."

Poe