Do You Know What Gets Me Depressed

by depressiondoctor on May 19th, 2007

I start my day with every thing planned as to what do I need to do in terms of my job, I need to get my kids ready for school, have to make the breakfast and drop them off at school, this is how my day starts.

I work through the day till its time to get the kids from school and then I have to cook the lunch and feed them and help them do their homework and fix the house in the meantime. I know I can handle stress, I know I can be patient, I know I can just stand all only if I am being appreciated of all what I do. But to tell you honestly, it does not happen.

I am being criticized for every single thing that I do, I work day in and day out and I see that and hear the only words that “Things are not being done the way they should have been”, do you know what these words create in me, they create in me a feeling of worthlessness, depression, stress. I just feel that I cannot stand any more of this and then another day passes by.

Sometimes I feel that I really can’t go on anymore, but then I compose myself again and I know that I am the only one person on which a lot depends, I have to make the ends meet, I have to work and make sure that everything just falls into the right place, but at the day’s end all I get is being blamed upon that I am not able to work things that way I should. Can you tell me as to how would you feel if you are to be put in my shoes, I know that there could be different answers according to the different individuals, but honestly speaking, it does get one stressed out really bad no matter whichever way you are going to deal with it.

I am living each day at a time and I am just pulling myself up to make sure that I do not get so down that I get ill or I get so stressed or depressed that I am unable to go to work or I am unable to do what I have to do every single day. It just makes me feel really sick and makes me think at times that I am the one who is not right, I am the one who just cannot do things the right way, I am starting to believe of what is being told to me, but then my conscience just gives me the rings that this is not right of what is being told and I am not the one who messes up things and I go through all those feelings because I hear that every single day and sometimes its just enough.

Being a person, I have my own patience, there are times when I crack and there are times when I try to pull myself as much as I can, but still I am person who gets depressed with all the things going on in my life, but I have learnt that I will fight with everything that is going on inside and I will work my best to raise my children with all the values that I have and I am going to make them strong to live with stress if they have to and I believe they will all do great.

My kids are my strength and I gather strength from them every single day and I want to thank them to be so patient and caring and loving to me. I appreciate you kids.

Depression, A State

by depressiondoctor on May 11th, 2007

Depression is generally boxed out a feeling of blue and mostly it is being told by different people as to what it is and what are the different signs and symptoms from which others can detect that the individual is going through depression, but I say that depression is a state of mind and it has a lot to do with the mood swings that we go through every single day.

Have you ever thought that in a day’s time, how many times are there where you go through different mood swings and how many times did you fall in the feelings of depression, have you ever seen that, calculated that on your fingers, I think there might be some people who very closely observe the different changes that they go through in their moods and they are able to ascertain as to how many times they are going through the different feelings.

Depression is just like a cloak, which we wear when it comes on. It can be triggered by anything, anything that we can think of. For example a child can get depressed if he or she did not get the toy that they wanted for their birthday. An employee in a company can get depressed when they were not able to get the pay raise on the due time as outlined by the company. A mother can get depressed when her children are not listening to her and are making a mess of things at home. So there are so many different people in so many different situations who are going through the feelings of depression, which is a state or a cloak that just comes over us and we wear it.

It is natural to get depressed on different things, we should not take it as an ailment, but a natural response of our body. What we need to understand that being in depression can be something that is going to be harmful for our bodies. For example as know in general that anything in excess is going to bring a negative aspect along with it, such as if you are going to eat too much, you will start to gain weight, and there will be hormonal changes that will be brought upon and therefore this needs to be corrected by eating less and exercise.

The same is the case with depression, if you are going to feed your depression then it will grow and will reach the excess point, which is certainly not reasonable. The thing that you need to see is that as you can fix your eating habits, in the same way you can fix your depression. Try to remove the source that is causing depression. See and open your eyes, come out of it and look for yourself how much is out there for you and it is not the time to nurture depression but to get rid of it and learn as to what are the different ways that you can take care of it without having the need ever to take medicines to fix it.

Just remember that we have in our mind and soul the power to eliminate depression, it is when we not explore it, we stay in it, and need the help of the medicines, I am not saying that you should not take medicine, if you feel you need to take the medicines, you must take them, but I am just making you aware that there are ways that you can get out of depression on your own in a positive way by using the strength and power of your mind and soul. I go through mood swings as well and I try to put myself back on track, sometimes it takes me less time and sometimes it takes me more, but I am able to get myself back on track. I think if I can do it, so can you.

How Depression Affects Teachers

by depressiondoctor on November 6th, 2006

In this fast paced world life is changing so fast, but there is one class or group of people who are living among us, who are constantly working to give the best of themselves to the communities they are living in. The group of people that I am talking about are the teachers that make such an important part of our society and it is they who are going through a lot of depression on a day to day basis.

First of all we need to ask ourselves as to whether we really understand and realize that the teachers of our societies and communities are going through such huge levels of depression. I know it is not right to look into any person’s life because it is their personal thing, but let us all dive in the lives of teachers for a while to see and understand that they are just like any other individual with a huge responsibility, as well as the responsibility of their current lives.

Teaching is a full-time job, which is the first and the foremost fact that we need to understand. In this article we are going to consider women teachers and will discuss on their life patterns that they go through every single day. When a teacher comes to a school, they need to be prepared in terms of what they are going to teach their students the next day. They go through the subject matter, read and make notes so that they are able to explain their students in detail regarding the different concepts and they have to design the different tests and have to monitor each and every child individually and make reports and communicate to the parents about how their children are doing.

I am just into explaining as to what the teachers have to do on a day to day basis, I might be missing a few things, but I believe that their job is a job filled with a lot of responsibilities and it is they on whose shoulders the future of a nation depends. This routine that is being discussed is what they have to do in the school and we can see that they have their own family lives and how stressed they are getting with this routine that they have to go through every single day.

Now when the school time is over, the teachers then come home, now they need to cook food, clean the house, help their children to finish the homework, do the dishes, bathe the children, attend the children from time to time to attend to their needs, keep the children calm, cook dinner, and prepare for the next day at school where they need to go through the books as to what are the different things they would be teaching their students and making notes of the important points and then when the kids go to bed, it is then the time for them to sleep so that they can have enough sleep.

These rigid routines in a teacher’s life can cause them to suffer from depression and make them feel really bad inside and it is our duty to encourage them and appreciate as to what they are doing. Believe me, teaching is not an easy job, it takes a lot of nerves to put discipline into children and teach them the values and knowledge. This is a very respectable profession and as a society we need to support them with everything that we can.

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Do We Feel Each Other

by depressiondoctor on November 5th, 2006

Have we ever asked ourselves the question as to how we feel and how we make each other feel around us? I think we feel different at different times and there are very less times when we are feeling really good. We are mostly in a real stressed out feeling and we feel that we are being burdened so much about so many different responsibilities and things that are on us.

What happens when we are in a stressed out situation, we just pass on the stress to others and that is how things go. I think we are slowly and gradually turning into zombies where we are just living a life to achieve certain goals and that is all and while achieving those goals, which can be the duties that we have to perform in a day we are so tensed up that we start to pass on the same feelings to others and make them stressed too and they then pass on their stress to others.

Do we know as to where it is going to lead all of us, it is just going to lead us in a world that is filled with pain and misery, where there is no happiness, no fun, no pleasures in life, but just a constant feeling of stress and that is all.

Let me tell you of an event that I witnessed one day when I was in the bank where the senior employee talked to a senior employee in a very harsh tone and believe me or not that man who was being scorned just went into tears. It was then I started to think as to why this senior guy never cared for as to whether this is the right way to talk to his junior in such an environment where there are a lot of people around, did that senior feel for a moment as to what that guy would be going through, I think if he would have thought that then he would not have said to what he said and hurt the feelings of that guy. I was really shocked to see as to what happened and that really made me feel hurt.

I do not think that we feel each other, we just care as to how we feel and we do not care as to what are the different feelings and moods the other person goes through every changing minute. This is so strange. Aren’t we humans. I have seen in a lot of animal kingdom movies as to how the different species stay close together, though they have conflicts, but they stick to each other. It is their instincts, where are ours. Are our instincts to hurt people, make them feel bad, not to think about their feelings at all before even saying a word. I think this is really heartless. I think this is the worst part that we can see and feel being humans where people are just degrading the other humans without even giving a single thought. It is so sad and I am ashamed to be a part of a society where people do not care for others.

We see the degradation of humans at all levels starting right from children to the senior citizens, why. Is it right for me to ask my fellow country men as to why we are going through all these things where our sole purpose is to hurt others? I do not want to create any bad feelings inside you, but I believe in what I am saying. I am seeing the world changing so fast, the values are just sinking down, people are changing so fast and this is just leading us to the land of nowhere.

We need to feel each other and we need to pull each other out from the land of depressed and pull them out in the land of happiness and try to make it possible as much as we can. Believe me, we have very little time left in this world and one day we will not be here, so please let us help each other out.

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What Gives Rise To Depression

by depressiondoctor on November 3rd, 2006

There are a lot of reasons that can account for the individuals to go through depression and since depression is just like a fire slowly eating out the people on the inside, we need to help and support these people who are suffering from them.

The reasons that can cause the development of depression include genetics, environmental factors, medical conditions, the crunching situations in life, financial worries, etc. There are a lot of other problems that are there that contribute to the development of depression and can be explored if a proper history of that individual is being taken.

It is a widely accepted fact that most of the qualities are being inherited from the genetic makeup that is being passed on from generation to generation and so is depression, but it is not necessary that the individuals who are going through depression definitely have that genetic makeup that accounts for their depression.

A major event or situation that causes people to go through depression includes the death of a close family member or a very close friend, which is a severe shock that an individual goes through and ultimately leads an individual to go through a severe depressive episode.

The environment of a home in which a family lives is a very important factor that can cause severe stress in the family members and if that stressed environment continues to gone, then it will not only put the adults in a state of severe depression, it will also cause the children to be under severe stress. This environment needs to be corrected as soon as possible because if it is not corrected then the children will be the major victim of such.

There are a lot of social conditions that have a very deep impact on our lives such as poverty, people who do not have any homes, who cannot afford for their medicines, people who are subjected to violence on a daily basis. There are a lot of people who are also going through a lot of other social situations where they suffer the bitter things and are greatly depressed. These are the people who need our attention and we need to care for them and help them with whatever resources we can.

Drug abuse is also a very major cause of depression. Alcohol and specific drugs causes chemical changes in the brain and thus result in the depressant effects. There are also medical conditions that causes chemical changes in brain that results in depression and when these medical conditions are treated or when the individual stops using the alcohol and drugs, the depression is usually relieved and the person returns back to their normal self.

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Depression And Children

by depressiondoctor on August 4th, 2006

Depression is a clinical condition, which is not limited to adolescents but also affects the children to a large extent. In a study that was conducted in children suffering from depression, it was found out that the children whose parents have the affective disorders have a greater tendency to develop depression rather than their peers whose parents do not have mood disorders.

There are a lot of factors that can trigger the children to develop depression and out of them the most important one is the family environment. As a parent, have you asked yourself as to what kind of an environment are you giving to your children? Are you someone who is aggressive and scolds their children most of the time? Have you ever asked yourself as to what are the different feelings that are being instilled in your children because of your behavior? Do you evaluate yourself on a consistent basis and evaluate the environment the environment in which your children are living?

If you are a parent who goes through all the questions in their mind and come up with different ideas and thoughts as to what your children go through the different feelings with your rough attitudes, then you are a parent who can bring a positive change in your children. Your nurturing of today will develop your child for tomorrow and if you are a parent who care as to how your children grow up as an adult, then you can clearly see that your attitude today is going to matter a lot as to how they grow.

You must know as to what are the different behaviors of your child and must learn as to what they want to express through different behaviors so that you can know as to what mental state they are going through. It is going to be best for you to closely observe your children because they are going to show everything through their attitudes and the changes in their behaviors that they are going through. You can be a parent with whom your child can share everything. This will serve as a window for them so that they are able to vent out and share as to what is bothering them.

According to a recent data, there are a lot of children who are suffering from depression and the numbers are increasing every day even while this article is being written. Therefore are a lot of reasons that can cause a child to suffer from depression. The most important reason that can cause them to develop depression is the development of understanding that the love they are getting from their parents is not the same as being given to one or the other siblings. This feeling will cause depression and will ultimately lead them to isolate and not participate in the activities that they usually do.

The first ones to spot such changes are the parents and along with parents the teachers are the individuals who observe the children very closely. The findings of these changes can be very slight at the beginning and then can become more and more prominent along with time and it is really beneficial if these changes can be seen at a very early level so that the proper remedies can be done.

Your child is your asset and their mental health is playing a major part in their grooming and brought up, so it is really important that you are able to see what changes you need to bring about in you so as to make your child a mentally healthy individual and they are able to live a happy and a prosperous life.

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Coping With Side Effects Of Antidepressant Medications

by depressiondoctor on June 9th, 2006

The medications that are being prescribed by the doctors have their side effects and just like any other medication, the antidepressants cause side effects as well. It is not necessary that every person will display the same set of problems with the antidepressant medications, the side effects vary from one individual to another.

There was one question that arose as to why people leave the antidepressant medications, the answer that was detailed was that the people when start to have side effects from the medications, leave those medications so as to prevent themselves from the side effects that they are suffering from. This conclusion was being drawn from a group of people who were surveyed and they called the side effects the major reason for their not taking the medication.

It is really important for all the people who are reading this article to know that the antidepressants are really important for the individuals to recover because they help to take the individuals to recover from the effects of depression and this will ultimately help them to lead their normal lives again. It is also being said by the physicians that the individuals who are going through depression must keep taking the antidepressant medications so that they just prevent themselves from relapsing back into the same problem of depression.

There are a lot of new antidepressant medications that are there in the market, which includes Prozac, Paxil, Zoloft, Effexor, Cymbalta and Wellbutrin and these are the antidepressant medications that have very few side effects than the previous antidepressant drugs.

The side effects that the antidepressant medications include insomnia, sleepiness, increased anxiety, nausea and vomiting, diarrhea, lack of sexual drive, headaches, dizziness, weight gain or weight loss. These are the side effects that the individuals can suffer from, which varies from individual to individual or they might not suffer from any side effect at all.

The biggest risk or the biggest side effect that is being linked to the antidepressant medications is the suicidal ideation in children and in adults. These are the symptoms that can creep in and can cause hazardous effects, so it is really important that when an individual is taking the antidepressant medications, that they consult their doctor on a routine followup basis so that they are able to get the proper guidance as to what are the different signs and symptoms they are developing and how they will be able to get out of it.

These symptoms of suicidal ideation occurs mostly in times of recovery and it is when that a keen sight should be on the individual as to the changes in behavior etc. so that this thing can be caught at a very early stage and reported to the concerning physician.

Apart from this, the antidepressants that lie in the tricyclic category, which includes Elavil, Pamelor and Tofranil can cause severe side effects or can either result in severe drug drug interaction. The side effects that these medicines cause include blurred vision and fatigue. It is to be known that these drugs are not safe for people who are suffering from heart problems and if these medicines are given in high potencies then they can really cause severe damage to life.

There is another category in the antidepressant drugs known as the monoamine oxidase inhibitors, which include Nardil, Parnate, and Marplan that have the potential to cause serious interactions with some foods, which include red wine, cheese, beans, as well as some medicines and the interaction of these medicines can be really dangerous and can cause extremely high blood pressures.

Whenever you have a feeling that you are feeling different and you are not yourself, you must report immediately to your doctor and should learn as to what are these symptoms that you are going through so that you are able to get the right diagnosis and a proper dosing so that the side effects that you are going through can be averted.

Depression Is Contagious

by depressiondoctor on April 16th, 2006

As infections have the potential to spread, depression has the same potential too where it can be transferred from one human to another. The main reason to share this thought was to give you an understanding that if you are going through depression, just raise your head and see as to how many people who are part of you are going through the same feelings.

Did you know that before that depression was contagious, that it transfers from one human to another. If you didn’t know it before, then it is in your knowledge now and I am glad that you are going through this article to learn this fact..

When you went into a depressed state, your family and the friends were the first ones who came to know about, even if you try to hide your feelings, you cannot hide it, because one way or the other you are going to expose yourself as to how you are feeling. You would be different in certain ways that would allow your family and friends to determine that something is wrong with you.

In a depressed state, the individual tends to have as much time alone as they can and this is the fact that depression starts to gain its ground. When you start finding your time in isolation, you are neglecting the time that your spouse and your children need. They will try to comfort you, but this state tends to pull the person into their own and you will not find a way to come out.

Then when you will not be open to your family, this will put them through a series of questions as to went wrong and what are the things that they have done wrong that have put you in such a situation that you are wanting to be alone. This will put them through the depressed feelings as well. This is going to affect all your family and know that you will not be alone.

In order to save yourself and your family from this situation, you need to share your feelings, you need to tell them as to why you are feeling that way and how can you come out of those feelings. When you will share, you will see as to how much support you are going to get from your loved ones that it will not be difficult for you to get yourself back. Just be open and do not close yourself out. I think that is the best remedy. The ones around you love you and want you to feel the best.