What is Depression

“Depression” this term is often used to describe emotional reactions. There are too many different names for depression like typical depression, cone of depression, inbreeding depression, great depression, manic depression, major depression, respiratory depression, the great depression, clinical depression.

Definition of Depression
Depression that affects the way one feels about oneself and the way one thinks about things. Even it affect on persons eats and sleeps.

De-pres-sion
It is act of depressing and the condition of being depressed. Depression is characterized by lack of activity, self-worth, and dejection, sad feelings of gloom and inadequacy.

When the people in depression then his or her view of life negative, hopelessness, passivity, indecisiveness, suicidal intentions, loss of appetite, weight loss, sleep disturbances.

Types of Depression
As there are different name for depression there are different types of depression according to their symptoms, their severity, and persistence.

1. Major depression
2. Dysthymia depression
3. Bipolar disorder

Dysthymia Depression
It is less severe type of depression. From this people don’t disable because it does not involve all symptoms. This type of depression keeps people from functioning well or from feeling good. Many people who are in dysthymia depression feel like major depression after some time.

Bipolar Disorder
It is also called as manic-depressive illness. Bipolar disorder is characterized by cycling mood change, high and low depression. In this peoples mood change dramatically and rapidly. The people in bipolar disorder feel like elated.

When depression occurs?
At any stage of life depression can occur from childhood to old age. Causes and symptoms of depression are different for different age or different person.

Depression in Women
As compared to men women experience depression is twice. As per medical research women have many hormonal factors that increase rate of depression in women. These factors include cycle changes, pregnancy, miscarriage, postpartum period, and menopause. Those women who are facing responsibilities both at work and home are in depression. Particularly after the birth of a baby, hormonal and physical changes should be done in women. Added responsibility of a new baby some women take tension which again depression.

Depression in Men
As compared to women men are less likely to suffer form depression. In suicide case is exact opposite in which rate of suicide in men is four times that of women. Depression in men and women are different even it affect is also different on women and men. Causes of depression in men are particularly acceptable habits of alcohol or drugs, or working excessively long hours. When men is being angry, irritable and discouraged then guess that he is in depression.

Depression in Elderly
It is not right that most of elderly people are in depression. Even we can say most older people feel satisfied. Main cause of depression in elderly is needless suffering from the family. Feeling of elder people becomes hopelessness, sadness, and loss of interest.

Depression in Children
Recently from two decades depression in children has been taken seriously. Depressed child feel like sick. He or she refuses to go to school. He or she is negative and feel misunderstood. When teacher said that child doesn’t behavior well then parent has to get child is in depression.