Hi all, which word describes depression in English, or being depressed? I was trying to explain this to a friend as we have a mutual friend who is suffering from it. She seemed to think it would pass shortly but I explained that he had lost a close family member as well as his job not so long ago, os it was a bit more serious than that.

I was using glum jai which I think was a mistake on my part. So what's the best word to use if someone has depression and need to take medicine for it?

Before anyone cuts and pastes: yes I have looked at the various online dictionaries and seen the options listed but I was hoping that someone would give the word they use rather than a list of possible answers which I am already aware of

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I see ROK SEUM SAO โรคซึมเศร้า used quite often in newspaper articles etc

http://www.siamhealth.net/public_html/Disease/neuro/psy/depression/depression.htm

https://th.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B8%A0%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%A7%E0%B8%B0%E0%B8%8B%E0%B8%B6%E0%B8%A1%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%A8%E0%B8%A3%E0%B9%89%E0%B8%B2

Edited December 31, 201510 yr by katana

thanks that's great.

Sometimes these things need a little explaining to be better understood… that is my general approach.

I would also probably have used gloom jai - and then added took wan [everyday] and then added the details about death in the family and losing a job… and i probably would have finished with Sao mahk...

lol, that's pretty much how I said it. I think those terms aren't strong enough though.

You could get your friend to read the first link which explains the condition.

yes, suspect that's best. She did say a word which she thought it was but I didn't quite catch it. It sounded like it began with How Heep. I will show her it the next time I see her.