Causes of Depression

The Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: Oh God, I hope for your mercy do not trust me to myself blink of an eye, and repair me all my affairs there is no god but you “He said. Sunan Abu Dawood

One day more than one feels positive, including what is negative, but in certain cases the feeling of a particular feeling may last and most likely have a negative feeling such as depression. Depression is very different from sorrow; grief is a natural feeling experienced by any person in his life, but depression is a psychological condition that adversely affects the activities of human day.

Depression is usually more common among women than men, and depression is more prevalent in young people than in young people and the elderly.

Symptoms of depression

Lack of desire to do anything:
Loss of desire for pleasures of the world.
Introversion and isolation and negative thinking.
Pessimism and looking at things with a black telescope.
Guilt, self-blame, and guilt.
Lack of physical and sexual activity.
Lack of sleep or tendency to sleep and rest.
Lack of appetite or excessive eating.

Genetic and biological factors : This happens when the individual lives in an inherited family that has depression due to a lack of neurotransmitters at the center of the brain, which in turn is responsible for mood, emotions, thinking and behavior.
Educational factors : This factor is one of the most serious factors of depression; because it indirectly transfers depression by watching children of their parents; they move to certain methods and patterns such as pessimism and depression, and mistrust, and allergies.
The conditions of life : It is not possible to live on a stable ship without the existence of life’s despondency; dear death, marital and family problems, loss of employment, deterioration of health, financial problems, non-marriage and unplanned retirement.
Personal Disorders : One of the most vulnerable to depression, owners of obsessive personality known as hardness and inflexibility, and hysterical characters overcome by emotions and mood swings.
Organic diseases : Such as Parkinson’s disease and the use of anti-stress and stomach ulcers and others ..

Types of depression

Natural distress : The feeling of depression in humans have a specific cause of minutes or hours, and this type does not require medical intervention, and does not affect human life.
Natural grief : It is a feeling of depression when a person loses a certain person, disappears in days or weeks, and does not require medical intervention.
Adaptation disorder : This type of depression occurs as a result of a specific event of the injured, lead to change the nature of his life, and continue this type for several days and weeks and requires medication or psychological sessions.
major depression : One of the most serious types of depression; because it is accompanied by obsession, which extends for several weeks or more, and leads to dysfunction in the functions, and affects the mind, such as hearing voices and ideas of persecution, and may lead to suicide. This type is also called bipolar affective disorder.

Treatment of depression

Drug therapy

The drug treatment is safe for the patient with depression and does not lead to addiction, and the patient can take anti-depressants, which lasts for six months, although improved, to keep him in a good mood. These drugs are divided into groups:

Multi-Loops (Heterocyclic AD)
Serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIS)
Serotonin reuptake inhibitors and noradrenaline (NSRIS)
Monoamine oxidase inhibitors (MAOI / RIMA)
Electric Massage Therapy (ECT)

Psychotherapy

It aims to improve the intellectual, social, and behavioral capacity of the patient, and It is divided into several types:

Cognitive therapy: A treatment that replaces the misconceptions of the person with depression with a more positive one.
Behavioral Therapy: Transforms depressive behaviors into more positive ones.
Psychotherapy schools: such as analytical and rational school and others.

Alternative medicine treatment

It is used in aromatherapy, such as: jasmine, bergamot, lavender, rose, and chamomile is also one of the most important essential oils that help to alleviate depression and calm the nerves. You can take advantage of this by putting some drops of oil in the bathroom or on a cloth napkin and inhalation of smell.

In some cases, depression disappears without any medical help or permanent treatment, but there are some who suffer from the effects of depression throughout their lives, which requires being subjected to psychological sessions.

Complications of depression

Suicide.
Alcohol addiction.
Addiction to narcotic substances.
Anxiety.
Heart disease and other diseases.
Problems at work or in education.
Confrontations within the family.
Difficulties in marital relationship.
Social isolation.

Prevention of depression

Stress control.
Raise the level of cheerfulness and level of self-esteem.

* Support by friends and family, especially in periods of crisis.

What is excluded until the condition is diagnosed as a bout of depression

Drug Abuse (Addiction)
Some types of medications cause these symptoms.
Increased thyroid hormone.
The association of symptoms with the loss of Aziz.
- If a person suffers loss of Aziz or Ghali, he suffers naturally from some of these symptoms, but if these symptoms continued for more than two months or accompanied by attempts to suicide or psychotic symptoms, such as diarrhea and delusions, we diagnose this situation as depression.

Famous characters suffered from depression

Winston Churchill.
George W. Bush.
Harrison Ford.
Abraham Lincoln.
Isaac Newton.
Ludwig van Beethoven.
Napoleon Bonaparte.
Richard Nixon.
Soad Hosni.