My Depression : Causes And Effects Of Depression And Ixiety

This topic came from the thought that depression is something that all of us have experienced at some point in our lives. It focuses on adolescents because during this period we are young and vulnerable and may not know how to cope with situations or circumstances that may lead us into depression. Factors such as going through puberty and issues at home with parents can all cause depression. This paper will talk about what is depression, how families can affect depression in the child, and how depression can lead to long term effects.

As a kid I would often get overwhelmed and say I’m depressed but not truly knowing the meaning of the word Depression. Now that I am older I know not to use that term so loosely because depression is a disorder that is very serious. According to the Mayo Clinic Depression, also known as major depressive disorder is a mood disorder that causes a feeling of sadness and a loss of interest. Depression can cause physical problems because it affects how you think along with how you act. For example, you may not want to do activities that you normally would, due to this disorder. Depression does not have a specific age or gender, it can happen to anyone. According to do something.org 1 and 4 adults suffer from depression episodes before the age of 24. Also, women are two times as likely to suffer from depression than men. In addition, more than 350 million people of all ages suffer from depression. Phill Hickey makes a claim that “Depression Is Not An Illness: It is an Adaptive Mechanism” in his article and I beg to differ. In this paper, I plan to explain why I disagree with Hickey; and define depression/mental illness.

A lot of people wrongly assume that people with a mental illness are violent and potentially dangerous. People are afraid and this shows in their attitudes and general persona’s. People are afraid of what they simply don’t understand. This is potentially detrimental to people suffering with depression as they start to feel alone and totally isolated.

This is a general description of Major Depression. Everybody gets it! Major depression is also known simply as depression. Depression is a mental disorder characterized by at least two weeks of low mood that is present across most situations. It is often accompanied with low self-esteem, loss of interest in normally enjoyable activities. Some symptoms could include Persistent sad, anxious, or “empty” mood, Feelings of hopelessness, or pessimism, Irritability, Feelings of guilt, worthlessness, or helplessness, Difficulty sleeping, early-morning awakening, or oversleeping, and lots more things. Depression is usually treated with medications, psychotherapy, or a combination of the two. No two people are affected the same way by

Depression is defined as chronic mental illness (CDC, 2013), and is characterized by a variety of symptoms such as depressed mood, decreased interest in routine activities, unexplained loss or gain in weight, inability to concentrate, psychomotor retardation to severe depression that may lead to recurrent thoughts of suicide (CDC, 2013). Every person might feel depressed once in a while, this is usually short lived, and cannot be used as a diagnostic criteria for depression. According to American Psychiatric Association (APA), if a person experiences more than five of the above symptoms for more than 2 weeks, it can be considered as a diagnosis of depression. Depression not only affects a person’s mental state, is also a co-morbity associated with other chronic diseases such as cardiovascular diseases, obesity, cancer, diabetes etc (CDC Fact Sheet, 2012). The common etiologic factors leading to depression include genetics, environment and psychological.

Depression is a complex of psychological and physical symptoms. Low mood level or sadness is often the most prominent symptom. The common property of these symptoms is a decreased activity level in parts of the brain.

Depression has numerous causes and effects which affect not only the person but the people around them. Depression doesn’t have a specific cause; in most cases it’s different for everyone. It is a common, treatable mental illness that can be experienced at any time in life. It is often described with feeling sad, unhappy, miserable, or “down in the dumps”. Most people have these feelings on occasion. There are several types of depression. These different types of depression describe slight, but often important, diagnostic differences. True clinical depression interferes with mood disorder in everyday life for weeks, months, or even years. Most people think depression affects only one

hopeless. Oskar Schell is a nine year old boy in the novel Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer. Oskar’s father died in the September 11 terrorist attacks, and he’s been very devastated by the situation. Oskar can not get over his father’s death like a mourner would, he can not hide his pain. He seems to have serious depression and is always aggravated when someone says something negative about his dad, therefore making him a melancholic.

What would you do if you were one of the 350 million people who are suffering from depression? Many people around the world are suffering from this dragic disease and don’t know what to do so it can lead to disasters. Although depression is a serious mental illness that negatively affects people, there are ways they can help themselves and get treatment before the risks and symptoms get too severe.

Let’s be honest, nobody likes to talk about depression but it’s still a problem no matter the age. When it comes to kids the factors causing it can be found in either their home environment or school. In this case you could say it’s both but one’s plays a much bigger role. Childhood wasn’t the best, neither were first memories. I’ve had conversations about this with my parents and siblings. “Oh my first memory would be when we went sledding at our old house in Maine,” said Brooke. Brooke’s not the youngest but also not the eldest of the three of us. “No fair my first memory isn’t with you mum, but with Gale.” Don’t get me wrong, I loved her with all my heart, she’s the chosen caretaker if something bad was to ever happen to those who already care for us. The fact being though is the other girls got to spend those first years to gain that mother daughter bond while I didn’t. Throughout the years the family split up for a while and father cared for me, its wasn't long until he found another wife who had three of her own kids. Only difference was that she lost custody of hers. Eventually he just stopped caring and I had to make my first major decision at the age of seven on if I stay or leave. My mom always told me that when she came to get me that my clothes were messy, hair untamed and nails unclipped. Even if I hadn’t of left of my own free will she would of taken custody of me back anyway because when I look back on pictures I did look bad and unkempt. Eventually mom got

Depression. When I read that word I sit and wonder how it can take over your body as if you were as helpless as a fish out of water. If I could do anything to change myself I would not change a thing, but I was not always like that I used to be insecure, careless and selfish. In 2016, I was 15 years old and alone, separated from my family mentally, I had lost myself trying to be happy with someone who was not actually me that I was pretending to be. When you pretend to be someone else you do not realize how far away you get from your true self. I could never be happy, I could not stand to be around anyone, I could only talk to few people before I would get annoyed. I would try to be happy by “trying to escape” but all that was doing was tearing me farther and farther from the real world, no matter what I did.

Depression is a psychological disorder where an individual has major state of sadness that causes severe symptoms that affect everyday life activities. The individual who has depression has negative affects on the way they feel, how they act. According to webmd.com “Depression can range from mild to severe. Doctors used to call the milder forms ‘dysthymia’ if it lasted for at least 2 years in adults (1 year in children and teens). Now, it’s called ‘persistent depressive disorder.’” (1). Depression affects the individual to lose interest in activities, their emotional and physical state, and their ability to function. According to psychiatry.org “an estimated one in 15 adults (6.7%) in any given year. And one in six people (16.6%) will experience depression at some time in their life.” (1) Depression can happen to any one and it can occur at any time. In order to tell and diagnose if an individual has depression the symptoms of depression must have last a minimum of two weeks.

The Reason I chose this topic is because I used to have a really bad self-esteem. I hated myself. It was the school year of 2011-2012, I was in sixth grade. It all started out great, I was happy, I had friends, I was confident in myself, I loved myself. One day everything changed. Everyone turned on me. No matter what I did, I was never good enough. People would tease me, bully me, over everything, something I said, something I believe in, stuff I wore, they would just tear into me, when one person started everyone would jump in.

Many people feel that they are suffering from depression as a result of the feeling of sadness or anxiety. In contrast,there are people suffering from depression ,but they do not know they are living with depression. This is because the common symptoms of depression may be confused with the symptoms of many other diseases.In addition , depression is different from men to women , for example, it is hard to diagnosis depressed men because they are usually shy and not as talkative as woman when it comes in expressing feelings.

People don’t realize the sad truth that I’ve been holding on for and secretly suffering with most of my life. People seem to see me as a girl that is naturally bubbly, happy, and outgoing. This was a way for me to hide my real emotions in the time when my depression and anxiety were major factors impacting my self-esteem, just a couple of years ago. So, yes, I admit it -- I was a victim of depression and anxiety. My anxiety has been occurring ever since I was a toddler. My usual anxious behavior would be when I would easily get nervous, wouldn’t talk that well in order to be understood, would go through emotional meltdowns at times, and so forth. My depression however, seem to connect a lot with my anxiety because of my meltdowns and it would easily bring my self-esteem down. One interesting fact about my depression is that it got extreme when I was in middle school. Many events in that time of my life made me feel absolutely worthless inside.