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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Symptoms Of Depression In Ill Elderly

by depressiondoctor on September 3rd, 2006

Depression is not limited to a specific age, gender, class or group and it does not know of any boundaries and is something that is widespread throughout the world. A group of people who are really affected by it are the elderly. Depression in the elderly coexists with the different disease processes that they are going through and the situation becomes worse and worse if their clinical condition just does not come under control.

There are a lot of different health problems that the elderly people are going through such as diabetes, chronic hypertension, back problems, joints aches and pains, cardiovascular problems, problems of the gastrointestinal tract such as constipation, diarrhea, polyps or masses in the colon, prostatic problems, etc. and all these problems just cause a lot of trouble that the elderly have to go through.

The one thing that we all really need to understand is that the depression in the elderly is an ongoing thing because the status of their disease process is chronic and they suffer from pain on a constant basis. They need a constant level of care and supervision in order to help them perform their activities of daily living. These illnesses just put these elderly people into a lot of negative thinking and they then fall deep into the color of depression.

According to a recent report, the rate of suicide is double in the elderly white in America in the ages of 80-84, which is more than twice of the general population. Depression in people who are at the age of 65 is considered to be a pretty major health problem according to the National Institute of Mental Health.

Depression in the elderly just worsens their healing process and the problems that they are suffering from just lingers on and just takes away from them the will to live. It is so sad to know all this that the elderly people in our community are going through these problems and what is being done about it. Do we realize that we are going to be elderly individuals in a matter of years and as this article is being written there is a giant block of people who are reaching into their elderly ages.

Are these people who are being moving on to be in the elderly group are going to suffer and go through the same things, if the answer is a yes, then we should know that we are the next ones in the line, and if we see that there are things that can be done to help prevent the elderly from going into depression or to help them out from getting into that state, then we can say that we do have a chance to live a better life in our later years.

We should contribute our best to help our senior citizens and help them maintain their activities of daily living and help them being alive inside themselves and prevent them from shutting themselves out. I believe that we can give a part of our time to the elderly people and therefore we will be able to contribute a greater value to our system to make it much better, may be tomorrow someone is going to think the same about us and we will have better times when we cannot do much for ourselves.

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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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Don’t Try To Fight Depression Alone

by depressiondoctor on June 15th, 2006

There are a lot of people who are living their own lives and do not have anyone to share the things that they are going through on a day to day basis even though they are surrounded by people. This is becoming a very common thing these days and the people are getting lonelier in this fast paced world.

Since the people are living a very isolated life, there are a lot of people who are slowly developing the signs and symptoms of depression, but they keep that to themselves and are not interested in talking with any one as to what are the different things that they are going through inside.

We just need to be on the lookout as to what are the different things that are just winding down our loved ones into its affects. We need to observe them very closely and see as to what are the changes in the behaviors that are there along with the passage of time. Our loved ones depend on us and we need to take care of them.

It is really important that the individuals who are going through such feelings where they want to isolate themselves and feel more quiet on the inside, they must realize that being quiet is only one option, but if they open themselves up, they will be much more able to find out as to what is going on with them by sharing their thoughts with the ones who they trust.

Just remember that there are a lot of people who are going into the depressive symptoms who are really close in your surroundings, they may be at your work, your home, your school etc. and if you are close with them, you can cheer them up and can help them go through the feelings so that they are not closing out on everyone.

Depression is not something that can be fought alone, but is something that needs the help of people surrounding you, so that you can share as to what are the things you are going through and how you would be able to take care of the emerging problems.

We humans are made for each other and we are there to support each other and listen to each other to help make our lives smooth. We are not the only ones in the world who are going through these feelings of depression but there are a lot of people throughout the world who are going through these feelings.

There is a survey that there are a lot of people who are going through depression and thus are receiving medications to manage it and the numbers are rising higher and higher each year.

Just remember that if you are able to share the feelings and you tell different people that you were able to handle it because of sharing your feelings with the different people, then I hope that there are a lot of people who would follow in your foot steps.

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Depression & Mania

by depressiondoctor on May 4th, 2006

There are conditions where depression does not present itself as a single entity, but present themselves with some other behavioral disorder known as mania. This condition where both the depression and the mania present itself are known as bipolar disorder.

Bipolar means that we need to consider to poles at the opposite extreme direction, where one entity lies such as depression and on the other end lies mania. The individuals who are going through this condition just oscillate between these two feelings and they either display the symptoms of depression or mania.

In mania the individual is pretty hyperactive and they talk and move pretty fast. In this state the individual has extreme sex desire and decreased inhibition. These individuals then switch from being into the manic state to depressive state in which they feel sad, hopeless and filled with despair.

It is also being said that the individuals who suffer from the bipolar illness might have the genetic predisposition of this illness and thus suffer through the symptoms of bipolar disease.

It is always best that this problem is being diagnosed in the earlier stages and thus would help the individual from suffering the symptoms of this problem. Therefore, whenever you feel that you are going through the symptoms of bipolar disorder, you must seek the help of a physician who could analyze your condition or you could simply refer yourself to a psychiatrist so that you can get the treatment for this condition as soon as possible.

You must realize that this problem is seriously affecting the mental health of your family and for that matter it is really necessary that you realize that the treatment of this condition is really necessary for you.

Some people do not opt to get themselves checked by a doctor or a psychiatrist because they think that nothing is wrong with them and they keep on spending their lives the way they had been and the situation gets worse and worse with time. This will not only uproot your life, but will also put your family into a life full of flames and anger and distorted mind. So it is vital that you opt to have treatment for your family and your loved ones so that you all can spend a happy life.

What Is Depression

by depressiondoctor on April 9th, 2006

People normally think that depression is something that is not a serious issue and they will get over with it in some time, but they are wrong. I would rather say that they are dead wrong. Have you ever seen a tree that is being eaten by termites? The termites just eat out the entire tree bit by bit and if you consider yourself that tree, then consider depression as a termite.

Depression is an alarming situation and is being caused by the change in the levels of the chemicals in the brain that control depression. If these levels go down then the individual suffers from the feeling of depression.

The feeling of depression is something that the individual just tends to get into without knowing as to whether they are falling in that pit unless that condition totally engulfs them. Some people think that they can fight it all along, but this is something of a much higher magnitude than they can ever think.

You must know that depression is a state that is going to move your from the axis of your original self and then it is going to turn you into a different person or individual whom the people who are close to you would identify as to something different that you are going through and the changes are pretty evident.

It is really important that the condition of depression is being diagnosed as early as possible because then it would be possible to treat it. If this condition is not detected early, then an individual will display a very different behavior with time and this is going to affect their mental and emotional health in a very disastrous way.

It is really important that this condition is recognized as soon as possible because it can turn the happy and healthier life into a living hell, which is not only going to have a pretty strong impact on the life of the individual who is going through but also will damage the mental and emotional being of the entire family.