Understanding Depression

Everyone can agree on the fact that depression is certainly a incapacitating disease. What we can’t all seem to agree on nevertheless, is what this illness does to a person’s capability to think reason and perceive. The problem in coming to an agreement here lies in the many causes and physical reactions to depression.

Typical cause of depression include biochemical factors, severs stress, a sense of hopelessness, lack of sunlight and irrational thinking. The biochemical elements and sunlight are physical and environmental conditions that can be remedied with prescribed drugs or light exposure. What however can an individual do regarding stress and feelings of hopelessness, and are these conditions causes of depression or symptoms of depression. It’s within the confines of the medical profession that conversations like this have raged for many years.

Several researchers believe that stress and feelings of overwhelming hopelessness causes depression, while others believe they are symptoms of depression. Research performed supports both conclusions. Further studies have supported lent even more support to the evidence that stress, changes in expectations, and irrational or hopeless thoughts are a consequence of depression, not a cause.

But what effect does depression have on our ability to think and reason? Do all of our thoughts become illogical and negative? Not every depressed persons experience the same modifications in their thoughts, but do all depressed persons experience some change in the thought process? Questions such as these are fiercely debated even today, with all the great deal of info available to scientists and doctors. The brain is such an intricate machine, that understanding of the processes and the ability to relate certain processes to the application of the masses is slow to come.

Generally the depressed person sees the cup as half empty, not half full. That’s not to say that some of the population, without any proof of depression will still see the cup as half empty. Can you see the difficulty of the situation here? There are many symptoms of depression that exist even within the thoughts of individuals with no evidence of depression. How do scientists and doctors distinguish, for the purpose of setting clear guidelines? I don’t believe they can.

I believe our thought process is sort of a fingerprint. Everyone’s is different in some way. No two individuals will be the same in their thoughts, or in their ability to act on those thoughts. Treatments for illogical and depressed thoughts will always be a tailor-made situation.

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