Tuesday, October 28, 2008

What Is The Cause Of Clinical Depression?

By Don Pedro

Doctors have a million and one ways of referring to depression. They call one classic depression, and another clinical. They call one type bipolar disorder, and another they call dysthymia. Whatever its name, it ain't good, and you shouldn't let it stay with you for too long. Always be with people who love and care for you, whenever you find yourself slipping into depression that's not healthy.

Sometimes depression can play games on you; sometimes it comes and goes as it pleases and you are never quite sure if it is there or not. Think kind of depression is called bipolar disorder and people who suffer from it may not even know it. Whatever kind of depression you are suffering from, YOU can cure yourself, if you apply your mind positively towards a solution.

It is an unfortunate fact that people who suffer extensively from depression and its symptoms are people who refuse to accept that they suffer from it. This is what allows the condition to fester and develop into any number of other things. Don't let this happen to you. When you notice you are always unhappy and thinking of unpleasant thoughts, then it's depression creeping up on you. Seek help fast from loved ones or your doctor.

If you find anything different about your mood at any time, you have to at least find out why. It could be that you are depressed, and it is important that the reason becomes apparent to you. The sooner you know, the sooner you can find a solution to it, the better for you and everyone else.

In all parts of the world that you may visit or hear of, depression can come around. All it needs is one angry person who cannot express themselves properly, or who will not. It comes, it stays, it becomes bad, and then it hurts you and those people around you that love you. Then you can hardly get rid of it without professional help. Don't let depression find it's home in your heart. EVER!

Depression often comes after you have lost something important. The death of a spouse or a friend, or some other symbolic loss will no doubt get you depressed - you would be inhuman otherwise. The trick is not to let it last too long in you; find a channel to express yourself, otherwise you could start getting other feelings and impulses that are generally not healthy.

People in different cultures experience depression in different ways. The symptoms they may complain of might not be so much sadness as it is something physical, or inability to concentrate. In other cultures, it might be a desire to hurt someone or to end it all. Depression is simply something that no one should make light of.

People who suffer from depression usually have an overbearing criticism of others. This however is often as a result of how they see and blame themselves for just about everything. They get these deep feelings of inadequacy that they are never able to shake off, and if you stayed around them long enough, they could infect you with it. - 15437

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