My thoughts on Depression

What does the word depression mean to me?Its described as feeling sad, blue, unhappy, miserable, or down in the dumps no urge for nothing,loss of appetite and just no love for life . Most of us feel this way at one time or another for short periods.

We all sometime in our lives experience this word called Depression sometimes it can be a severe depression were it feels like you could stick your head in a hole like a rabbit and never ever feel like emerging your head again from this hole in this case it means your depression is severe and it has started developing into a Illness. Most people who experience this type of depression needs treatment or therapy ASAP to prevent something serious of happening. The exact cause of the word called Depression is not known might even emerge from families were depression runs in the family. We often think that depression only develops in adult people but from my experience and what I got to know is can even happen to school going children from ages as young as 12 years old.”MMM”!!, now the question I’m asking do you always know what causes this word called depression?

A few things comes to mind that I think of and what I know of that may play a role in depression is drinking Alcohol or the usage of drugs by you or a family member that has reached a point were you feel there’s no turning back and it makes you feel seriously depressed. A very long term Illness like Cancer that you have experienced could also cause depression.

The most common cause of Depression could be a STRESSFUL life event such as,Break ups with a boyfriend or a girlfriend,divorcing your husband or wife. When it comes to school going children failing a grade it can make them Depressed which sometimes leads to suicide in most cases but not to often. Losing Someone that is close to you due to death or Illness could also lead to Depression.

When an adult male or female loses a job due to retrenchment or one of those cases it can cause depression.

Depression can change or distort the way you see yourself,and those around you People who have depression usually see everything with a more negative attitude, the way they do things the way they talk and the way they see things. They cannot imagine that any problem or situation can be solved in a positive way all they think of the whole time is NEGATIVE,NEGATIVE!!

You as a person can immediately pick up when a person suffers from Depression!A depressed person can become withdrawn or isolated from their friends and their loved ones they can also become irritable and moody causing unhappiness and a lot of sadness were ever, they go or what whatever they do. They simply feel tired the whole time and just want to sleep 247 which leads them to absolutely doing nothing which could also influence their school work if they are a learner or if they work full timely their work could also be influence which could lead to being fired or being dismissed. Some people feel hopeless and absolutely helpless like everything they do is a burden and a mountain on their shoulders they just lose hope in everything and everybody.

Depression is a Illness and its curable the only way to see the end of the light at a dark tunnel is to seek help ASAP. Help from a social worker,doctor,Church and even your family. Depression is a serious case don’t leave it for to long it might be to late get help when things really get bad!

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Posted: October 11th 2012 12:25