Depression
Depression is a serious and widespread disease around the world, especially among women, and depression is not only a severe sadness or a feeling of discomfort. It is a deficiency or imbalance in the chemicals in the brain. It must be treated quickly. It is dangerous and affects the entire body. , And may lead to disruption of the functions of the body, and raise the rate of heart disease, in addition to the large delay in treatment leads to the possibility of being unable to cure completely, or lead the patient to suicide.
Definition of depression
- Depression Language: It is derived from a depression, any change and broken itself of concern is dismal.
- Depression is a state of conscience characterized by discomfort and distress of life, desire for isolation, general feeling of anxiety, and the need to escape from the current situation.
Symptoms of depression
There are a number of symptoms that indicate depression in the case of a person with at least five of them, and for a period of not less than two weeks:
- Feeling very sad, empty, and hopeless.
- General fatigue and pain that have no obvious cause.
- Tension, increased nervousness and bad mood.
- Crying and resentment for or without reason.
- Social withdrawal.
- Changes in appetite.
- Lack of interest in some things was loved by the injured person.
- Loss of concentration and pain in the head.
- Feeling guilty or feeling important after.
- Think about death and suicide.
Types of depression
Depression is generally classified into two main types:
- Mental depression, and here tends to feel the desire to die, and show symptoms of insomnia, self-blame, non-laughter, and amplify problems, and inability to build links, and slow movement.
- Depressive depression, a depression due to psychological, environmental or social reasons, and the disappearance of these reasons, but the patient here is overreacting, see that there is no hope for the present or future that lives.
Treatment of depression
There are several different methods used to treat depression other than drugs.
- Psychotherapy: This treatment is done through sessions with the patient, in which the discovery of the unconscious machines and the understanding of the conflicts and factors that led to the disease, and aims to understand the patient and his situation according to past and old experiences, and then treat and deal with them to overcome, and overcome the negative impact on the patient.
- Religious Psychotherapy: Where religion is an important factor in the formation of the human personality and identity, and plays a role in his life and mental behavior, and provides a basis for the conscience of his direction to walk in life, and gives him confidence and safety in the hardships, and spiritual spirituality of religion and adherence to obedience and patience and a sense of justice and divine care of ways Fighting despair or depression, religious therapy is also used to treat anxiety, obsessions, fear and other psychological problems.
- Cognitive Therapy: This is to correct the patient’s thinking style, to deal with irrational ideas and to modify them, to deal with problems in a positive way. Cognitive therapy has several methods, including self-monitoring where the patient monitors himself, records his activities, scheduling activities, Or change the negative view of these activities, and the method of tasks gradient, which is based on the patient tasks easier and more pleased, and the method of cognitive literacy, which forces the patient to pay attention to all the details of the task required by the A therapist, since the depressed have problems in performing tasks he could master before the disease, and the role played by the role of the patient and the therapist roles, and interacting accordingly, the patient can modify beliefs, and learn social skills, and the discovery and understanding of self-ideas.
Self-help to treat depression
There are things on the person suffering from depression to help himself to heal:
- Exercising for a quarter of an hour or half an hour, doing any kind of exercise, or doing it with friends helps to improve your mood. Exercise also helps you get rid of depression, breathing and meditation. Can make the patient’s condition better.
- Good nutrition, as depression can affect appetite, people eat too much or do not eat well, proper nutrition can affect the person’s mood and energy, so it is important to eat plenty of fruits and vegetables and get regular meals.
- Talking to a close person or friend is a way to express feelings, get some understanding and identify problems, and try to identify the causes of depression. Once the depressed broadcast these feelings on the listener to turn his attention to ideas and positive things, and take serious actions to solve problems, And ask for help from friends or family to skip it.
- Expressing self and doing the activities and hobbies that a person loves, such as photography, drawing or writing, or allocating time to spend with a friend or a pet, or to do some fun and laughter like playing or watching a funny film.
- Trying to note the beautiful and positive things in life, as depression affects the person’s thoughts, makes everything look very bad and negative, and makes despair and sadness dominate his life. Only bad things are noticed, so the patient should try to notice the good things in life, Start by finding one positive thing, then try to think more, think about the strengths, it is important to be patient, because getting rid of depression takes time.