The Issue of Depression and Its Reality Nowadays

Depression is a word that people now hear more and doctors are helping to understand it and trying to cure it. It effects on mind and on body, both the way it effects the patient. Men, women and also children are becoming patient of depression. This can happen due to any problem, any medicine, any incident or any sudden change of life. People understand that depression can make anyone feel sad, unhappy or can force to commit suicide. But it is not only that much. It is an illness ofmind or it can affect the mood of a person. A child, abused in childhood, sexually, mentally or physically, or bullied in school, changed locality with parents, can have depression, sadness, can feel loneliness. Even parents un-equal behavior between siblings also can create depression.

Depression can happen in adolescence too. Loss of loved one, sexual abuse, physically abused, criticism, health issues can cause severe depression. Sometime you need to be careful to understand and to keep your eyes open for your family members. The teenager might get angry or irritated, can sleep more, might find problem in sleeping, or can lose appetite, can gain weight, can eat more and looking for food. The effects are in everyday form, becomes regular scenery. If you see that they were normal like any other children but not socializing now, or like to stay inside, became antisocial, can also mean depression. Even feeling tired, exhausted or restless, walking on circles can mean depression. Even the person may think that he is feeling unhappy or feeling left-out without any reason. The patient then is needed to be taken to the psychological doctor. A good psychological doctor will confirm it bytaking tests and will ensure about some specific points, to make it clear.

Depression is not a disease, and not even acknowledged by everyone. Even in this 20th century people think, it is a shame to declare anyone of having depression and to think that it is a brain problem, which actually is wrong and not at all true. It is not a disease, not something to be ashamed of but to be taken care of. Even it is not diagnosed, as with the same medical term or same word. Like high blood pressure is now in almost 80% people but not declared or diagnosed, same for depression. It varies by culture and country People need to recognize it, need to take doctor’s advice regularly. Bringing a patient to the doctor is caring and to complete treatment is giving life back to the patient. Even it should be checked properly, as psychiatrist and psychologists are needed to be defined to give the patient proper treatment. Depending on the patients case-study a sincere and an honest doctor can help the patient. The doctor can advise the family members to help too. Psychotherapy makes everything clear to a doctor to give treatment to the patient. Some patients are cured and some needs life-long treatment with medicine and therapy, and some are not that lucky to survive.