What is depression? Has depression ever happened in your family?

Depression is a very common disease nowadays. It is a mental illness. When you find yourself suffering from depression, you should receive treatment as soon as possible so that you can be cured as soon as possible. Because depression can make people unable to live a normal life, they will be nervous and think about all kinds of things all day long. So what is depression? Today I will tell you about depression.

The word depression means different things to different people. Depression can be a symptom, such as when someone says "I feel depressed!"; it can be a sign, such as when someone says "He looks a little depressed."; or it can be a diagnosis of a mental disorder. When we use the diagnostic term depression, it means a psychological disorder of a certain duration, with a specific group of symptoms, which actually interferes with the individual's social function or causes great inner distress, or even several conditions coexist.

It is important to distinguish depression from the sadness and discouragement in everyday life. Normal grief reactions associated with the death of a loved one in your life are not considered depression. Although sadness and discouragement can cause people to experience brief depressive episodes, they are usually able to maintain their social functions and recover quickly without treatment. The diagnostic term depression therefore refers to a psychological disorder that requires treatment.

Depression is a common psychological disorder. The probability of experiencing severe depression in the general population in their lifetime is at least 10%, and the probability of experiencing mild or moderate depression is even higher. At each point in time, 5% of people who experience depression are depressed to a degree severe enough to require treatment.

The effects of depression can be very serious. People who suffer from depression and other serious medical conditions, such as heart disease, often say from personal experience that the effects of depression are much worse. Although medical problems are usually considered to be a problem with a certain organ system, the impact of depression on people involves many aspects such as the body and feelings, thinking, and behavior. The most extraordinary behavioral abnormality caused by depression is suicide. It shows the painful feelings that permeate the mind of someone in deep depression.

Depression is generally easy to diagnose once you recognize it. But it is often confused with chronic fatigue and frustration. It may also be hidden behind physical symptoms, pain, or psychological changes such as withdrawal, irritability, and anxiety. Unfortunately, many people with depression neither seek nor receive effective treatment. As a result, many people have suffered unnecessary pain and even died.

Depression tends to run in families and recur. The cause of depression in many patients today is still unclear. Dysregulation of biochemical metabolism in the brain is thought to be involved in all depressive states. Some depression is caused by illness, alcohol, or drugs.