Depression Causes, Symptoms, Risk Factors, Treatment

Depression Causes, Symptoms, Risk Factors, Treatment

Depression Causes, Symptoms, Risk Factors, Treatment

Depression Causes, Symptoms, Risk Factors, Treatment:

In this 21st century the development has take place in a huge place. This development has made the world to live there life in easy and convenient way.

The development has made new things which had helped people to live life but with that the different harmful things has also been invented.

As the time changes the things also gets changed but the different activities that are done in different areas like social media has changed the life of an individual.

The change for someone could be from dark to bright and for someone it could be from bright to dark. Today, likewise only we are going to talk about the bright to dark in which a disorder is occured in people named Depression.

What is Depression?

Depression (major depressive disorder) is a common and serious medical condition which has a negative effect on how you feel, how you think and how you act.

Luckily it’s also treatable. Depression induces feelings of distress and/or a lack of desire for once loved hobbies. It can contribute to a variety of emotional and physical issues, which can impair the ability of a person to function at work and at home.

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Depression Causes

  1. Drug use: You may be affected by a history of drug or alcohol misuse.  Approximately 21 per cent of people with a substance use issue also  experience depression.  


2.Early childhood trauma: The way your body reacts to situations of fear and stress affects certain events. 

3.Family history: Whether you have a family history of depression, or another mood disorder, you are at a greater risk of developing depression.


4.Brain structure: When the brain’s frontal lobe is less involved, there’s a  greater chance of depression. Researchers, however, don’t know whether this  occurs before or after depressive symptoms have begun. 


5.Health conditions: You may be at greater risk for other disorders, such as chronic disease, depression , chronic pain, or attention deficit hyperactivity  disorder ( ADHD).

Symptoms of Depression

1.Movement and expression (observable acts by others).
2.Loss of interest or enjoyment of activities once enjoyed.
3.Appetite changes  weight loss or benefit due to diet.
4.Trouble sleeping or too much sleep.
5.Feeling bad, or feeling depressed.
6.Wringing or pacing) or sluggish. 
7.Feeling bad or guilty.
8.Hard thought, concentration or decision taking.
9.Death or Suicide Thoughts Power loss, or decreased fatigue. 10.Increase in unintended physical activity.

Depression in any given year affects an estimated one in 15 adults (6.7 per cent). About one in six (16.6 percent) people will experience depression at some stage in their lives.

Depression can strike at any time, but first appears in the late teens until mid-20s on average. Women are more likely to develop depression than men do. Some studies show that a third of women will experience a major depressive episode throughout their lives.

Depression is not a feeling of Sadness

People usually becomes sad by getting scold from someone get slap or punishment for doing bad activities. This directly doesn’t led the people to get depressed as it is a normal thing for some people.

Depression is caused from some kind of mental and physical touchre. The thing mentioned in the 1st paragraph also cause depression if it is given continuously to a particular person.

The people becoming sad and grtting depressed is diffferent from each other. They are different in the following ways:

1.Painful emotions come in waves of mourning, frequently combined with  the deceased’s good memories. 

2.Mood and/or desire (pleasure) in severe depression was reduced for most of two weeks. 


3.Typically, selfesteem is preserved in grief. The feelings of worthlessness and  self-loathing are common in major depression. 


4.The death of a loved one may bring on severe depression for some people.

Depression Risk Factors

1.Personality: People with low self-esteem, who are easily overwhelmed by stress, or who are generally pessimistic, appear to experience depression with greater probability. 


 2. Biochemistry: Differences in certain brain chemicals can contribute to depressive symptoms. 

3.Environmental factors: constant exposure to crime, neglect , abuse or deprivation may increase the vulnerability of some people to depression.

4.Genetics: Depression can take place within families. Of instance, if one  identical twin has depression, the other has a 70 percent risk of developing  the disease in any period. 

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