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Depression |
By: SHREYA SINGH
DEPRESSION: A CURSE TO HEALTH
Depression
came from Latin verb which means “To press down”. Depression is a common and
serious illness which makes you feel sad and you start losing your interest on
everything. It is different from the mood swings which we face in our day to
day life.
It’s
ok to be sad and feel lonely but if those emotions start controlling your life
and affect your day-to-day life then it is considered dangerous for your health
and leads to problem like depression.
Depression
can be because of various reasons like work related issues, family issues,
relationship issues etc. It affects your work, health, mental peace.
TYPES OF DEPRESSION
Major depression: It is also called major
depressive disorder, classical or uni-polar disorder. In this people feel
depressed most of the time even after having a well settled life, loving
family, tons of friends people feel depressed.
Persistent depression: It is also called
dysthymia or chronic depression as it lasts for two or more years. It’s not as
intense as major but it harms the relation and life.
Manic depression: It is also called bipolar
disorder. In this for a period of time you feel very happy and then very sad.
It may last for 1 week or less if hospitalized.
Depressive psychosis: In this the person looses
the touch of reality.
Preinatal depression: This depression mainly
happens with women during the time of pregnancy or four week after child
birth.
Seasonal depression: This take place according
to seasonal changes. More of these are seen in winters. It is also called seasonal
disorder depression.
Situational depression: Depression caused due to
certain situation which happened in life. It lasts for three months.
SYMPTOMS
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Person starts spending time alone and do
not interact with other people.
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Over think or think less.
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Face problem in decision making.
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Change in eating habits and diet.
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Have no pleasure in life and stop enjoying the
life.
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Always in depressed, sad, angry mood.
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Less energetic.
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Lose confidence.
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Feeling of unwanted.
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Thought of death and suicide.
CAUSES
The
causes are not been fully understood by the medical community.
There
are many factors which lead to depression. Some factors are
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Environmental factors: The place where we live,
the people who are around us also play an important role on our mood.
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Genetic factors: It is seen that depression is a
genetic problem If your parent and grandparent have problem you might also face
then.
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Hormones: If there is a change in body balance of
hormone then it might result in sadness and anger which result in mood swings
but if it last long it results in depression.
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Personal issues: People mainly faces problem due
to their personal issues like family problem, work problem, relationship
problem etc. Due to this entire problem they lose their mental peace which
causes depression.
TREATMENT
Depression
is a state of mind it is not considered as disease. It’s just a feeling when a
person start feeling unwanted.
Exercise: Exercising daily will help you to
get rid of depression. Exercise boost energy to your body and make your body
feel happy and relaxed. Try doing yoga and meditation daily to make your mind
relax and to feel fresh.
Social interaction: Try to interact with other
people around you. Share your thought and feeling with your family and friends.
Be in regular contact with them.
Balance diet: Maintain a proper diet.
Eating well is very important for being physically and mentally well. Balanced
diet will help to boost your energy and help in your mood swings.
Sleep well: Taking a proper sleep is
very important to be fit. Sleep also affect our mood swings like if you do not
take proper sleep you feel sad or irritating.
DEPRESSION IN YOUTH
In
today’s date if we see there is a lot of depression among the youth. Youth feel
depressed about life events such as changing school, moving house, exam, family
friends etc.
They
feel sad and worried in their everyday life and this leads to depression in
them. Some time they think about the thing which will never happen and then
take tension and feel depressed.
Youngster
mainly stop eating, talking, feel sad, lonely, unwanted, guilty. These are few
symptoms of depression seen in them.
Young
people do not share their problem easily with others as they think the people
will judge them which lead to so many unwanted thought in their mind which
disturb them mentally and leads to problem like depression. Young people should
share their problem to one they trust such as family, friends etc so that they
can help them.
According
to a survey it is found that India is in second number in the case of
depression. And also female faces more mood swings the males.
Depression
can be ended if we start sharing our thought, start interacting with people.
The way we take care of our physical health we should also take care of our mental
and emotional health.
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MYTHS ABOUT DEPRESSION
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People think that depression is not a illness but
it is actually illness with real impact and symptoms.
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Depression not only affects women but it affects
man also.
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Sadness and depression are not similar situation.
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It is not important that your family members are
depressed then you will be also depressed.
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Antidepressants do not affect your personality it
targets your brain.
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Talking about depression help you it does not
make the situation worse.
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Depression is not a sign of person’s character.
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Depression is actually a serious problem which
needs doctor in some cases.
It
is said “Laughter is the best medicine” so we should laugh enjoy the life as
smiling do not need money it just need inner peace and if we are happy half of
the disease is treated. We can win over depression my laughing and being happy.
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This article is contributed by Shreya Singh, Who is a 3rd Year Engineering Student in Information Technology. The author has a keen interest in Baking, Coding, and playing badminton. |
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