How to control depression? Symptoms and treatment of depression

Depression can be controlled with proper treatment

Depression is a normal disorder that is affecting people. Most depressed people are denied treatment without realizing it. Some setbacks and tragedies in life can cause depression. In some people, depression may be temporary. Others may experience recurrent depression. Sometimes it lasts for years. Such a condition is called Dysthymia. According to the World Health Organization, depression is one of the causes of disability and illness. The WHO warns that the disease, which affects at least one in five people, could become the most deadly disease in the world.

Some individuals are biologically more likely to develop depression. When they have severe stress and adverse living conditions, they slip into depression. Decreased activity of the neurotransmitters norepinephrine and dopamine can lead to depression. Serotonin is a neurotransmitter that controls mood, behavior, aggression, and memory. Dopamine and other neurotransmitters that interact with hormones and neurons affect various emotional states. When the state of Mania and Depression alternates, the person loses the reality of space and time. Then the patient who experiences sight and sound loses emotional control.

About Symptoms of  Depression

• The main symptom of depression is prolonged depression. Uncontrollable depression that lasts for more than two weeks, to be exact by the standards. At the same time, lack of interest in routine and irrational fatigue are the main symptoms.

• Difficulty falling asleep, and waking up earlier than usual. Loss of appetite and unreasonable weight loss.

• Another symptom of depression is lack of concentration, lack of interest in work and things previously enjoyed.

• Feeling unhappy, even in a happy state, feeling like your feelings are frozen.

• Think about sex aversion, death, and suicide. It can range from dying somehow to planning suicide. It can be controlled with proper treatment.

• Unreasonable guilt, loss of hope for the future, feeling that there is no one, feeling that he is worth nothing.

• People with severe depression can sometimes have irrational fears, doubts, and a variety of speech, sounds, and hearing in the ears.

• Changes in appetite; sometimes aversion to food, sometimes overeating.

• Inattention, forgetfulness.

• Lack of self-confidence.

There are some physical symptoms that go unnoticed by depressed patients; there are some patients who approach doctors with ailments such as chest pain, arm pain, and abdominal discomfort. When depression affects the body, these disorders affect the person.

About Treatment of Depression

It is a disease that can be controlled with proper treatment. Treatment can take months or years, depending on the severity of the disease, how many times it has occurred before, and the likelihood of recurrence. There are precise criteria for treating each disease. Depression is just like any other illness which just needs full support from the family. Do not resort to self-medication. Ask your doctor if you have any doubts. Being late can cost the lives of loved ones. The main treatment is drugs and psychotherapy. A team of psychiatrists, psychologists, and psychiatric social workers is needed to treat any mental illness.

 

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is a scientific psychological treatment used to effectively treat depression. It is a system in which a person who lives with irrational ideas consciously develops rational thought. Mild depression can be completely cured with CBT therapy. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy is a method of assessing the thought patterns that lead to an individual's unhealthy behavior and helping the individual to develop positive thoughts to overcome them. Psychologists act as a facilitator for that. But people with severe depression may need an anti-depressant medication.

Good personal relationships, optimism, and problem-solving skills can help prevent depression. Practicing problems directly will close the gaps that may be set in motion in the future when similar situations recur, it helps prevent depression. It is also a good idea to identify and avoid issues such as blaming yourself for everything and misinterpreting facts in a way that undermines self-esteem.