What Is Depression & Its Treatment? Depression is a very painful and all-consuming disorder in and of itself. However, in combination with an eating disorder, depression is beyond devastating and is often masked within the eating disorder itself. Depression in eating disorder clients looks different than it does in clients who have mood disorder alone. One of the most unique characteristics of depression in someone who is suffering from an eating disorder is an intense and high level of self-hatred and self-contempt. This may be because those who have these major depressive episodes in conjunction with an eating disorder have a much more personally negative and identity-based meaning attached to the depressive symptoms. Depression is a disease which not looks too vital and patients do not take seriously this disease. But in reality, it is a very dangerous illness which causes several problems. You aren’t able to focus on your work. Sufferers always feel himse...