What is depression ?

What is depression according to medical science?

A group of conditions associated with elevation or lowering of a person's mood is called depression. 

Generally, when level of serotonin in human brain decreases, it causes depression.

Well do you believe that chemical imbalance in the human brain leads to depression?

No, depression is the state of mind of the human brain when he does not meet his needs. 

Johann Hari also said in one of his best speeches that 

"World health organization based on the scientific evidence tells us that you're not weak, you're not crazy, you're not the machine with broken parts, you're the human being with unmet needs".

 

That was really a meaningful line. I want to share with you a data which includes a survey conducted in the USA and the result was that 39% of patients suffering from depression, because of loneliness. According to a study from researchers at John Hopkins Bloomberg school of public health and Columbia University researched that more than 230,000 U.S. adolescents over the period 2005- 2018 suffered from anxiety, depression, suicidal thoughts and other internalizing problems for an increasing mental health problems.

Loneliness is a situation which you face when you don't have somebody who consoles your heart,  listens to you, cares for you, helps you when you're in need. At some point of time you must have felt that. 

But  "just be yourself", I'm telling you that will not help you to solve your problem . So just be with the community, your friends or your closed ones, that may upgrade your situation.

Here are the questions you must have asked yourself at some time, if you do not get the right answer you may get tensed and repeated wrong answer of your question to yourself, you got depressed:

Why is this happening to me?

Well, that's the common question we ask ourselves when we are in trouble or when we face a situation in which we think that we don't deserve this. We haven't done anything wrong to somebody then why am I trapped in this?

Look, life is like a boomerang, if you do good, good will come to you back and if you do bad, bad will come to you back. I'm not saying that you're a bad person, what I'm saying is that God has its own ways to test you.

When you see things from your side, you will see everything is messed up, but from god's perspective everything is planned.

Why are these antidepressants not working?

When you go to a psychiatrist and he asks you about your pain or what you are feeling right now? They simply prescribe you antidepressants.

My dear friends, these anti-depressants are nothing. They will be acting like umbrellas in the rain. It acts as a temporary solution because you have not cured it from its root cause.

Eating those antidepressants pills will not help you to cope up with pain from which you are suffering. Self talk with yourself and pull yourself together. Try to communicate with your closed ones, believe me you will feel relaxed.

Why did I do this ?

"If I didn't do this, I must not be in so much pain. Everything happened because of me".

The main cause of depression is instead of trying to correct your mistake, you blame yourself!!

And in case, if you don't have done any mistake, then you start blaming others.

Blaming is not the option to undone those things which you have done. If you have made a mistake, correct it by yourself. Give your best to correct them.

There are some things in life which you cannot reverse. Accept them, but rather than trying to wipe off that negativity, try to do some things that can add positivity to your life.

How to cure that torment ?

You can cure your pain through these following ways:

1. Pour your heart to your closed ones:

Just pour your heart to somebody whom you trust, care and gives guidance to the right path. Just a express your feelings to them.

2. Write down on the paper:

   

Just write down on the paper, what are you thinking right now? 

What is your current situation?

Express your feelings, by writing down on paper. And burn it off into ashes or tear it. I'm not saying it will solve your problem either but it will help you to empty the space in you to gather some positivity in life.