Depression to Happiness

Archive for June, 2009

What Brings Us Into Depression

Depression isn’t fun, in fact it’s nasty business. When you feel sad or down, you loose interest in what you love, you either binge on food, or can stop feeling hungry all together, your sleeping patterns can become completely muddled in you day to day life, but really brings you into a state of depression? There are many factors that can include your family history, your current stress levels, the pessimistic side of you, or other physical disorders.
Your family history is an easy one, just like any other kind of illness you are automatically signed up for it from birth is it lays in your genetics. This doesn’t mean that you assuredly will get it, but you will have a higher chance than someone without it in their past history. An easy way to find out is look up their doctors records, or simply talk with your fellow family members. A word of caution, don’t get worried if you find it in you blood line, again it doesn’t mean you will go through it as well, especially if it is a rare occurrence of one or two family members.

Current stress levels play a huge role in becoming depressed. Whether it’s from a difficult job, family life, friends, travel, etc… stress can do crazy things to your body and mind. Stress can upset your appetite, change your sleeping pattern, and create wild mood swings out of your frustrations. All of which can lead you into a state of depression as your symptoms may lead you down a darker path from your sleep, mood swings, and hunger problems into sadness, personal frustrations, and feeling bad about yourself.
Some people are naturally optimistic, just as other are more pessimistic. There is nothing wrong with the way you see things, but if you are more so feeling that things are against you, you may find yourself particularly susceptible to depression, because you mind is already in line with it. The strongest effect and symptom of depression is sadness, and when you feel everything is against you and negative, you will easily find yourself in a state of depression.
Those already suffering from physical or psychological disorders are usually already down with themselves. Many people experience some kind of physical problem in their life time, whether they break their arm, sprain a wrist, or have a surgery. The reason they are susceptible to depression is because you often become down on yourself for not being able to do what others can do. The same thing goes with those with psychological problems anywhere from anxiety to down syndrome.