Tuesday, June 30, 2009

Depression

The depression is a kind of illness which affects the body, mood, and mainly the thoughts. The survey says that there are two times as many women who suffer from depression as men. One can identify that he or she is depressed by seeing the following symptoms like they may feel hopeless, very sad, have no energy or interest in doing anything or feel worthless. Most of the people portray depression as sad feeling or they feel as empty that don’t go away from them. This type of depression which does not go away is termed as clinical depression. Depression is quite different from feeling blue or going down for a few hours or a couple of days.

There are many things that cause depression. Depression can come through or run in families or may be through the changes in your brain chemistry and/or living through painful and also the difficult events in one’s life can cause depression. Sometimes for people who take medications for cancer, heart problems, arthritis and also high blood pressure. Depression can also be caused by some illnesses like stroke, Parkinson's disease and hormonal problems.

It is proved that most of the people get better by taking proper treatment. The depression is a serious illness which needs to be treated immediately. It's not one’s fault that we are depressed, and we can always get better.

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