Depression
is a very serious illness. The disorder already affected portion of general
population. It often interferes with the normal functioning of the body and
cause emotional pain and suffering of the mind. A man with serious depressive
disorder destroyed his will to live. It gives him an unsound relationship with
the people he loved especially his family.
It
is called the whole-body illness affecting the body, mood and thoughts. There
is problem in eating and sleeping. He treated his self differently. He has
different perception about things he knew. The disorder is an indication of
personal weakness and differences in his line of thought. He has no initiative
to heal his body and mind. He is going down instead of going better. Keeping
away from seeking medical treatment will put his symptoms to remain in weeks,
months and in many years of inattention disregarding the opportunity for the
healing, aside from interference in the ability to eat, sleep and enjoyment to
his favorite sport.
Dysthymia
is a long-term chronic symptoms not disabling but failed to function well in
steaming fully. He has no desire in feeling good because he did not care.
Bipolar
disorder has cycles of depression and elation mania. There was mood swing
changing interest from time to time. It may be dramatic, rapid and gradual. It
affected the way he think, his correct judgment and social interaction with
other people that later on cause him serious embarrassment.
Depression
has persistent anxiety, empty mood (silent, unfocused). He has sad face as if
the burden is in his shoulder. He was very pessimistic in his belief. He
treated a simple problem as hopeless case. He treated minor differences with
guilt. He felt he was worthless and helpless.
He
suddenly lost interest to the things he normally enjoyed. It doesn’t give him
pleasure instead it bored him. His wakefulness affected his normal sleep
pattern. His insomnia worsened. But if he is not awake, he oversleep.
There
was problem in his appetite. He ate little or not at all. It cause him to lose
weight. But if he likes to eat, he over-ate increasing his weight to pass the
borderline level no longer in his normal weight anymore.
He
easily got tired. He loses his energy that gives him fatigue and lost interest
to work. He has suicidal tendencies thinking about death. He can’t stay long in
one position. He was restless moving from position to another. He was irritable
in minor differences. He easily explode his temper.
He
was out-of-focus losing better concentration. He has memory loss unable to
remember important events in his life. He has hard time making decision and
rely on other people’s advice. He has chronic pain whatever the source. He
often has headache and his digestive system is growling.
Most
common cause of depressive episode are due to financial problem, difficult
relationship, chronic illness that has no chance to recover, loss of someone he
dearly love and changes in his life pattern he was not accustomed to do.
To
determine the degree of depression, a thorough medical evaluation is needed
including diagnostic tests. It demands
complete medical history, genetic history. The purpose is the degree of the
illness when did it starts, how long it affected him, his treatment history and
other questions to determine the deepness of the disorder and other factors
that cause it.
To
reduce the effect of depression, do the following:
-Don’t
make difficult goal that you can’t handle.
-Don’t
take bigger responsibility if you think you can’t carry the burden.
-Sept
priorities to some of your function. Divide your task into smaller portion easy
to manage.
-Don’t
expect too much expectation of your ability for excellence. If you fail it
hurts.
-Go
with your friend, interact with them, to allocate time for socializing.
-If
you are in the state of confusion, relax and join in physical action to be able
to shift your mood to more useful one.
-Don’t
easily get upset. Try to calm your nerve.
-Be
positive in dealing with life.
Depression
can be treated. Only complete medical examination is needed and better
treatment is important by using effective drugs to be able to lessen or remove
the impact of the effect of this kind of disorder.
