Dec 30, 2008
What Causes Depression – The In’s and Out’s
One of the leading causes of depression are the ‘feel good’ chemicals which includes in the way the brain regulates. People who will suffer from clinical depression are those whose brains do not release certain chemicals and those whose brains do not produce the right quantity of certain chemicals.
For having a happy mood these ‘feel good’ chemicals are very important, if they are not present in the body then the person ends up being sad. There are many more causes of depression which people will not understand or expect. Let’s try and find out more about it.
People can feel depressed by outside factors as well, but the major cause of depression is the chemical imbalance. People suffer from depression during the winter season or when there is less sunlight this is called seasonal affective disorder, or SAD.
Patients suffering from SAD are very sensitive when it comes to gloomy days, they prefer sunny days more. Staying inside during the gloomy days and also the cold air makes a person easily feel depressed.
Patients are advised to go outside even if it’s dark and also to change their light bulbs to the standard ones, and try to avoid the bulbs which mimic the outside light. SAD patients prefer sunny days than gloomy days; they also need to take in proper fresh air. Lack of fresh air causes depression.
Clinical depression can also be caused when a person is learning about depression or negative thinking. This is like a person is teaching his or her own body, how to feel depressed. Eventually the body will end up feeling depressed. You might for example compare a person who on purpose walks with a limp and so later on end with a real one!
A person who thinks over things like child abuse, crime, lack of self esteem, or other problems like job loss, financial problems, divorce, poor health and many more will unfortunately end up being depressed.
A person will not end up being depressed just because he carries a bad mood or is frustrated about some problem. Extreme negative thoughts only ends up with a person being depressed.
There are many ways of getting depressed. Depression is usually the result for a patient of extreme anxiety as the body can’t cope with the heightened state of awareness. Depression is caused in teenagers when they are bullied in school or college. Every day scientists and doctors come out with something new about depression.
A person can often be diagnosed with depression if his or her family members are depression patients. Doctors are trying to find ways to treat depression patients, and if you think you are clinically depressed then please consult a doctor without hesitation.
