Why do I love to write about ‘Depression’?
A disorder grabbing human resource opportunities
With the majority of people, would you say, “depression is nothing but an illusion!”?
Does it exist?
The answer is, yes, it is.
Depression or major depressive disorder is a mood disorder causing a tenacious feeling of sadness along with a loss of interest in every stuff of one’s daily life.
According to World Health Organization (WHO), 5% of adults suffer from depression worldwide. Terribly, in low- and middle-income countries, no treatment and support are found for depressed people and 75% of people suffering from these kinds of major depressive disorders can’t have treatments as they are unaware of it or deprived of social attention.
Why am I writing this article?
Well, I generally write on the topics of my interests or the topics that are compactly related to my life. I was a patient of major depressive disorder more or less for 5 years. I have experienced a tough journey back then.
Mainly, I have seated here to-
· Increase a little bit more awareness among my readers about depression.
· Let you know how I have faced depression.
· Inform how I generally serve the nearest people of mine through my advice and behavior.
Some information to know
I am not going to share symptoms or other related stuffs here, but you may know through this article:
Today I want to share some normal facts about depression.
· Depression is from the late Latin word depressare and the classical Latin word deprimere. Deprimere means “press down” literally; de expresses “down” and premere expresses “to press.”
· The core experience of depression pops up to be a private event ‘tacted’ as depressed or in psychiatric terms as dysphoric.
· The particular quality of an emotional state labeled depression should vary with the characteristics of the environmental triggers. Environmental trigger can be a death of one’s dearest person or something like that. Stress is also involved in that issue.
· Depression may be an emotional response to aversive controlling practices, especially aversive social control.
Information from here
· Scientists believe that as many as 40% of those with depression can trace it to a genetic link.
· A study found that women had a 42% chance of hereditary depression, while men had only a 29% chance as gender is a factor here.
The exact notion of stating these facts is to make you closer to the term ‘depression’. Always remember, it is a disorder, not a syndrome. The patient needs your kind hand towards him.
My story
I was only 16 when I found my suffering of a major depressive disorder. The symptoms were too common to state as a patient with depressive disorder. Excessive daytime sleepiness, falling asleep now and then, anorexia (eating disorder), lack of concentration, and immense sadness was just very common in my day-to-day life. I was continuously getting deprived of my study and other kinds of stuff.
The most exhausting symptom was my phobia of social gatherings. As I belong to an Asian country, social gatherings are an important part of our daily life.
Nevertheless, after a few months, my mother noticed my unusual behavior and she decided to consult a psychiatrist.
As usual, the psychiatrist got my problems and suggested medications. He also suggested going through counseling to improve my mental health.
I took the medicines for 5 years, I repeat, 5 years not missing a single day.
Depression is such a disorder that takes time to occur and takes time to be cured. I am an example of that.
You may find patients taking medication for a lifetime, not unusual at all. Though it depends on the condition of that patient.
Why does it become interesting to me?
The worst thing I can remind during my depression days was the loss of my memories. I got completely blanked off my important studies and daily issues. Forgetfulness and confusion about daily work issues are two of the common phenomena of a depressed patient.
Psychology says depression is adjuvant to short-term memory loss.
That was the main reason to have an interest in this drastic disorder. How can memory loss occur but doesn’t affect motor skills?
That was a burning question to me.
But now, is the time, I become fully recovered by the grace of Almighty after complete medication and counseling.
In addition, I want to have one of my degrees in psychology to pursue research-based knowledge on Major Depressive Disorder (MDD).
A brief conclusion
As a reader, you may not be interested in this kind of journey of some woeful patients. But deep inside, depression is going to be an epidemic worldwide.
As human beings, we need to consider those patients with our heartiest attempts. It is nothing like a broken leg or hand, but something more serious than those phenomena.
It is the high time we should take measures to cure all the patients around us to make a beautiful world to live in.
