Human is the social animal who has come with his own development. He has come to his phase with his own ideas. But with the good aspects of human behaviour, many of the bad aspects have come across the life of human. From a bunch of bad aspects, one of them is Depression.
Depression is a very serious matter, which does not discriminate. Depression does not care what your age is, what gender you are, or even what your race or social class is. Depression can often make a person feel sad, helpless, hopeless, and irritable. It is normal for people to have fellings sometime, but when it is carried out for a long period of time with high tension and pressure can be dangerous.
But some people cannot just snap out of it and this is the difference between what is normal and major Depression. It is the determination and brutality of the emotions that determine the mental illness of Depression from normal mood changes.
Clinical Depression is constant and can interfere significantly with an individual's ability to function by emotional experiences of sadness, loss, or passing mood states. Clinical Depression can be devastating to all areas of a persons everyday life, including family, relationships, friendships, and the ability to work or go to school.
The bipolar disorder also known a manic depression, is a diagnostic category describing a class of mood disorders where a person experiences states or periods of depression and/or mania, hypomania, and/or mixed states. Left untreated, it is a severely disabling psychiatric condition.
The difference between bipolar disorder and major depression is that bipolar disorder involves “energized” or “activated” mood states in addition to depressed mood states. The duration and intensity of mood states varies widely among people with the illness.
Depression is an illness that affects your body, mind, disposition, thought, sleep, energy, concentration, weight and much more. Depression is not a mood, it is not a sign of personal weakness, and it cannot be simply willed away.
Most treatment will involve a combination of drug therapy and natural remedies for a fully balanced physical and emotional state. Medications will likely involve some form of antidepressant drug. The most commonly used types are : tricyclin, Monoamine oxidase inhibitors or MAOI'S, and selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors or SSRI'S. SSRI'S have become the most popular form for treating depression because of the low risk of side effects. These drugs includes names such as Paxil, Prozac, and Zoloft.
Therapy is often prescribed with drug treatment to help a person come to terms with issues, symptoms and techniques for dealing with depression. These can be group of individual therapy sessions to talk about issues. Expression therapy such as dance, art, or music can help articulate deep feelings amd emotions. Relaxation techniques will assist in bringing focus and serenity. Yoga and meditation are ideal forms of this.
Changing lifestyle to promote a better self image and naturally adjust chemicals in the body has also proven helpful. Eating a well balanced diet ad adding supplements such as fish oil, zinc and B vitamines help regulate depression. Exercising several times each week is also valuable. Alternate treatments such as acupuncture and hypnosis may be beneficial to help alleviate symptoms of depressions and and melds the body, mind and spirit.
Depression does not need to negatively affect a person's life. With proper treatment, many depressed people live full, happy successful lives. It is important to take action to help minimize depressive tendencies in order to allow a better sense of well being a peace, using a combination of drug therapies and natural remedies will bring a balance to mind, body and spirit.
