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A Thought Is A Thought: Your Mind and Depression
Science has bought the whole "depression is a result of a chemical imbalance." We have whole theories about how a low level of serotonin in the brain leads to depression. So, we have a whole medicine industry that is caught up in the pursuit of healing ...
Depression Is An Equal Opportunity Condition
Depression is a serious medical condition that can affect anyone. Men, women and children are all susceptible to this disease which can have devastating effects on someone's daily life. Depression can come on suddenly, for no reason, or it might follow ...
Leaving depression behind
Depression is more than that sense of feeling "down" or discouraged at times when things are not going well. Depression involves sadness, pessimism, a preoccupation with personal problems, and perhaps self-pity, anguish, crying, and hopelessness. ...
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One of the reasons that depression is so hard to deal with is the fact that it runs parallel to emotions that are within the "ordinary" range of human experience. It is true that everybody gets depressed at some point. Clinical depression, however, is an ongoing process that a person cannot seem to shake. Clinical depression is a long-lasting situation. A common rule of thumb is determining how long you have felt "down" for. If a person has been feeling uncommonly irritable for no apparent reason, appear to have no energy, or have trouble concentrating for a period of more than two weeks, and these feelings begin to interfere with the daily life of the individual, odds are good that they are experiencing clinical depression.
Feelings of depression are caused by chemical imbalances, which affect the function of the brain. Simply, the chemicals that aid in the process of transmitting emotional response in the brain of the depressed individual begin to have a greater of lesser presence than would be considered normal.
The good news is that depression is always treatable. Medication and therapy are available to an individual experiencing depression. These treatments may have different reaction times within a given individual, but all treatments require time to be effective.
Clinical depression is not rare, nor should it be considered a sign of weakness or defect in any person. If you feel you might be exhibiting symptoms of clinical depression, do not hesitate to consult a qualified physician. Help is out there and is highly effective.
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