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by Mark Hall
Depression is one of the most crippling, but misunderstood disorders
ever encountered; to make matters worse it is now recognized that there
is more than one type of this illness. The cause is often (but not
always) about issues that have not been rectified; all of us occasionally
become depressed over certain events. Initially, it is important you
recognize you have issues, and to get professional medical guidance to help
you; it is also important to discover just what has caused the problem
in the fist place.
Feeling low and angry at life affects all of us occasionally in
particular when something awful has happened; it is unlikely however, a doctor
would diagnose depression if they did feel this way as it is generally
a temporary experience. Probably the most likely cause is stress,
often owing to family or other relationship problems which for one reason
or another cannot be readily solved; as far as a person who is depressed
is concerned: their problems have gone a stage further and need to be
dealt with differently. In many incidences like this, a person believes
that if they ignore the problem it will just resolve itself but this
rarely happens; a person end up feeling more helpless than they did
before, and it becomes a vicious circle that must be broken.
Probably the second most common cause is a person’s place of work and
could be the result of confrontation, stressful work, intimidation or
even harassment; in all probability this will lead to a situation where
the person who is depressed may even have a panic attack. Often, the
person who is having work problems will end up unhappy and even have
periods of sick leave as they become less able to perform their work duties;
it may be necessary to work through the issues with a professional to
get back on track again. Strangely, not all depression is self induced
because it can be the result of medical treatment for an unrelated
condition; this can produce symptoms that mimic exactly those of someone
who is depressed.
Usually, as soon as the medication is stopped, the chemical imbalance
will correct itself and the person will return to normal but they still
need to make their doctor aware of the situation and to keep a check.
Where the cause for the depression cannot be found, the task of curing
the condition becomes much harder; this type of situation makes
resolving the issues all the more difficult. Cases like this usually mean that
the person does not recognize the cause of the problem themselves; if
they cannot associate the cause with their condition then the way
forward is made very hard.
One type of is called Manic Depression although the correct term is
Bipolar Disorder; unfortunately, new studies have found that owing to new
overlap theories it can actually take up to five years before a person
could be correctly diagnosed as suffering from this condition. This is
not normally something that will just go away on its own so it requires
the patient to take a certain amount of control and seek professional
help in curing what is generally a long term condition. Often, once the
depressed person makes this first move towards medical help, there is
a sense that something might finally lift; starting medical treatment
as early as possible will enable you to make those first steps to being
free of its grip.
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