Depression is clinically referred to as major depressive disorder in the DSM-5. It is both a common and serious mood disorder whose symptoms could show up in different ways depending on the person.
Post-traumatic stress disorder, or PTSD, develops in some individuals who have experienced extreme or prolonged exposure to dangerous, stressful, or scary events.
In the trenches of everyday adult life, it can be easy to mistake the signs of work burnout as just “the way things are” when you’ve been working in your role for a while.