What is Depression?
Depression is very common & it can be treated with the help of your doctor.
Anyone can have depression, Let us talk about it, to come out of it effectively.
It is one of the signs of depression:
- Are you feeling sad (most of the time, most of the days)?
- Do you feel hopeless or worthless?
- Are crying so easily even on small matters?
- Do you feel lost in your life (social, personal as well as professional life)?
- Are you having frequent and recurrent thoughts of death, suicidal thoughts?
- Are you having repeated negative thoughts?
- Are you feeling a loss of interest in routine activities?
- Are you feeling tired & lack energy, so even small tasks take extra effort?
- Are you experiencing unexplained physical problems, such as headaches or back pain?
- Do you experience troubles in thinking, concentrating, making decisions & remembering things?
- Are you feeling miserable without really knowing why?
It is one of the signs of depression:
- Get treatment at the earliest sign of a problem to help prevent depression from worsening.
- Consider getting long-term maintenance treatment to help prevent a relapse of symptoms.
- Depression can happen at any age but often begins in the teens, 20s, or 30s.
- Depression is more common among females compared to males.
- Addiction (alcohol, tobacco, opium, cannabis, etc) can increase the risk of depression.
- Serious or chronic illness, including cancer, stroke, chronic pain or heart disease, etc makes you prone to have depression.