The Factors Influencing Depresion Development

Depression is a mental disorder in which a person usually feels down and did not have any interest in the daily life. A person who suffers depression commonly hides their feelings because the person believes that by sharing it could just burden the others. People tend to see this issue as some kind of small matter. This is why a lot of people who suffers depression always end up dead. But have you ever thought that you might be one of reasons for that particular person’s death?

I believe a person who suffers depression has major reasons why he or she is facing it and people should give more attention on this. A person who has been child abused is one of the reasons why someone suffers depression. When a child is abused by his parents or any of the family members, it can leave him emotionally wounded. This will make them questioned themselves as they were hurt by those they loved. As an example, The Perks Of Being A Wallflower, a movie that storied about a boy named Charlie who has a depression at a young age until his high school years because he was haunted by his childhood flashbacks. He was sexually abused by his aunt and since that he started to feel depressed. He found it difficult to socialize with people especially girls because of the abused.

Furthermore, I strongly believe that lack of social support gives a huge affect of depression to someone. Every person needs a shoulder to cry on because in order to make sure we survive in each challenges in our lives we need someone to give us sympathy, emotional support and encouragement. Imagine if someone is facing a miserable week filled with problems and does not have anyone to share with, I am sure that person will feel so lonely and so unwanted in this world.

The next reason that also contributes for someone to suffer depression is the influence of family. There are families out there that always have conflicts and this usually affects the children. For instance, from a famous television series, 13 Reasons Why, a teenage boy named Justin was raised with a problematic family. Her mother was a drug addict and she has a violent boyfriend. It influences him to feel the tension and pressure every time he saw his mother taking drugs and paying up some money to her boyfriend. Since he was a kid, he felt depressed, he kept this within himself and then at some point, he gave up so he decided to run away from home and take drugs too.

In a conclusion, depression is a serious matter that everyone must concern of. People need to stop thinking it as a joke because we could save more precious life in this world. I am grateful to live with my wonderful family and supportive friends but that does not mean I do not care for the others who do not. As a human being, we should always take care of each other and give support to one another in order to have a better life.