Understanding depression

Depression is one of the major problems that people face in today’s world. Most people are so helplessly busy in their professions that they can’t spare a little time for themselves. This is not a disease, and of course, not something which you can neglect. Often this depression hampers your personal as well as professional life. Often it takes a toll on your health and can cause serious problems in your life. But are there any ways to combat depression? Lets find out.

Causes of depression

There is no specific cause for depression. One can easily get depressed with any specific reason, many reasons or for no reason at all. Depression can be temporary or long-term. Often many incidents leave a long-term effect in one’s mind and can take her to the dark world of depression. Many pills and synthetic drugs fail in this situation. But there are a plenty of causes for depression, which include:

· A physical change in brains

Mind has a very complex architecture. As it stores most of the information and controls all the physical activities, often it tends to revolt. Often some chemical imbalance also can be a major cause for depression. Studies say that certain brain chemicals called neurotransmitters, when linked with certain human temperaments, cause depression.

· Hormonal imbalances

Often few hormonal imbalances within one’s body cause depression. Often the mid-aged men and women tend to acquire depression due to the hormonal imbalances.

· Genetic mental disorder

Often the depression is derived from the biological parents through genes. Though there are no proven specifications till date discovered but based on researches, we can say that there are few genes or a typical genetic structure, which are responsible for the depression.

· Environmental factors

Often any incident or accident leaves a long term effect on the person's mind. Often day–to-day activities demand more of you which tend to cause certain undesirable situations resulting in depression.

How to identify when you are in depression

There are few signs and symptoms to identify if you are in depression. You can easily identify yourself in a state of mental depression when you find the following symptoms growing in you:

Ø You are feeling sad for no reasons at all

Ø You have lost your interest in the day-to-day activities

Ø You are feeling hopeless. Sometimes to a level that you become suicidal.

Ø You are spending several sleepless nights

Ø You feel like crying for no particular reason

Ø You can’t decide anything and feel worthless

Ø You feel restless, are unable to focus on your work and can’t concentrate on anything

Ø You are loosing or gaining weight

Ø You always feel irritated

Ø You get easily annoyed and sometimes start shouting on anybody

Ø You are loosing interest in sex

Ø You lose appetite, are fatigued and are comparatively weaker than before

Ø You are acquiring some unexplained physical problems like feeling stressed, backaches or headaches

Yet the depression symptoms vary from one individual to another. Some people have general depressions regarding any recent problem, but some can develop severe symptoms of prolonged depression.

Spend five minutes to cure depression

Then what is the cure of this depression? There are several therapies, medicines, pills, etc. But spending five minutes a day can easily cure the problem. Spend find minutes each day practicing meditation and try to keep yourself happy to the level possible. Keeping yourself happy and meditating will cost you nothing, but can help you overcome this ruinous and sinister problem called depression.