Tuesday, July 27, 2010

The real truth about clinical depression!!

Feeling of loneliness, being in the awe of being out of this world, thinking that no one likes you, being in a world of own and detachment from the society, inability to carry out various daily routine tasks comfortably and uncontrolled urge to cry, laugh, shout, or harm self or others are the first symptoms that one has been struck by a deep wave of depression.

What is clinical depression?
The above stated events are the depression symptoms.

Clinical depression is a serious medical illness that negatively affects how you feel, think and act about any particular thing at a given time period.
The victims of this illness seem to loose interests in activities that were once enjoyable to them and vice versa.

People of all ages can get affected from clinical depression and the figure speaks for it. Not less than 17 millions Americans were found to be smitten by this bug.



Types of Depression
There are basically 3 types of depression which has been recognized. Let’s have a look!

Major Depression- A combination of depression symptoms which interferes with the ability of an individual to wok, sleep, eats or enjoys once likable activities. These events can happen once, twice or many time in a life span of an affected person.

Bipolar Disorder- Also referred to as manic-depressive disorder, under the same, periods of depression alternate with period of elation and increased activity, called as mania (madness).

Dysthymia- It’s a less intense type of depression that involves chronic depression symptoms which are for longer terms and considered severe but keep one at bay from functioning at their fuller level of efficiency and from feeing elated.

What causes Depression?
Sometimes the very causes of depression are known to a patient. However, many times the real cause of the phenomenon can not be diagnosed by even the experts from the field.

It has been speculated that the reasons which are not known for the cause can be a mixed variants of factors ranging from as diverse field as genetic, psychological and environmental factors, respectively.

Nevertheless, regardless of its root cause, a depression can always be treated.

Factors for depression

academic demands
transitions-re-entry to school, being new to Berkeley
balancing school, work, family, social life
financial responsibilities or worries
family concerns
social isolation
difficulties in relationships with friends and romantic partners
being on one's own in a new environment
exposure to new ideas, new people, and temptations
awareness of sexual identity and orientation
preparing for life after graduation, career decision-making
Major loss
Chronic illness

Relationship problems, work stress, unwelcome life changes or family crisis can also trigger symptoms in people to be depressed.

How to treat clinical depression?

Clinical depression can be treated through implementation of various methods.

By referring to a psychologist- Referring the patient to a psychologist can work wonder as they hypnotize the same and try to figure the events in their lives as to which might had done the damage.

They scrutinize the same and based on their observations; carry out certain tests which gives them enough proof for the same and then only based on them the affected person is treated.

Natural Treatments- By adopting natural treatment of home remedies, antidepressants cam also be taken back to the normalcy of life.

Giving the patient what they really crave for in nay form can zoom back a patient to the basics of life.

Comforting & Pacifying- Comforting a victim with a human touch and subsequently by pacifying them and giving them a security that some one is there to look after them for ever may give strengths to them and based on the same with the passage of time eventually get treated comfortably.

Conclusion

More than these above listed phenomenons, it’s important from the humanistic point of view, for the people of society to provide the patients a helping hand, involve them in life activities, pacify them, love them, does not ignore the, don’t let them being alone and interact with them can easily bounce back a person to the very basics of life.

Remember, people don’t react to people with such problems with good responses but one shall not forget that sometime even the happiest soul on this earth can fall for the depression related illness.

Thus, keep yourself at the place of the ailing person and then realize the pain he/she is going through. We are sure and vouch for the same that doing simple things in small quantities from time to time will keep the patients happy and a deep urge of reverting back to the life’s vitality shall evoke in their heart, soul and mind upon seeing their acceptance from the society they exist in.

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