DEPRESSION
Depression
The word depression is used to describe various and sometimes
overlapping experiences. To many people being depressed means feeling sad,
angry, disappointed, detached, upset, useless or even hopeless.However, a person can feel
all these emotions without being ‘clinically' depressed. Feelings of sad is generally brief and
have slight effects on normal functioning.
Clinical depression is an emotional, physical and cognitive
(thinking) state that is intense and long-lasting and has more negative effects
on a person's day-to-day life. Approximately one in five people will experience
an episode of clinical depression in their lifetime.
It is also important to distinguish depression from the sadness
we naturally experience after loss, such as during bereavement. Although the
grief associated with loss is often intense and long lasting, such emotions are
a healthy response to loss and allow people to adjust to their new life
circumstances. Depression on the other hand, can have significant and
detrimental effects on many aspects of a person's life. It is generally
important to consider what is causing and maintaining the depression for
improvement to take place. Depression can lead to emotional and physical
problems. Typically, people with depression find it hard to go about their
day-to-day activities, and may also feel that life is not worth living.
Feeling sad, or what we may call "depressed", happens to all of us. The
sensation usually passes after a while. However, people with a depressive
disorder - clinical depression - find that their state interferes with daily
life. Their normal functioning is undermined to such an extent that both they
and those who care about them are affected by it.
There are treatments available for depressions, a large number of
different treatments are available for depression. New
treatments (particularly medications) appear regularly. Continuing research
means that the evidence for how well a treatment works is always changing too.
Different types of depression require different types of medication as there are
several types of depression.
There is no explanation as to what causes depression, In
general, depression can be due to a number of factors including stresses which
can range from mild to severe, combined with vulnerability or predisposition to
depression that can result from biological, genetic or psychological factors.
The effects that depression have on people is that,
depressed individuals are liable to be slow and less productive, to be
indecisive and uncertain, and to make more mistakes. At home they will lack
interest in their family and will be unable to enjoy their company and shared
activities, and to participate in family life. They will be unable to
demonstrate affection for loved ones and uninterested in love-making. They will
tend to avoid friends and social gatherings, and be unable to derive
satisfaction from hobbies and leisure interests.
5 Things that might be leading to Depression
1. Does your future seem hopeless
2. Are you always angry and feeling sad
3. do you have trouble sleeping
4. Do you experience any delusions or hallucinations
5. Do you "put on a happy face" to hide feelings of sadness?
http://www.riverinabluebell.org.au/node/50
http://www.mmll.org.au/index.php/about-our-services/programs/mental-health/perinatal-depression
http://www.therapytribe.com/Counselling/New-South-Wales-NSW/wagga-wagga/Depression
http://www.depressedtest.com/
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Depression Support Group - Wagga Wagga
Wagga Wagga Depression Support Group
Wollundry Room, Senior Citizens Centre
Tarcutta Street, Wagga
Wagga.
Wagga Wagga Depression
Therapists
Perinatal Depression Counselling Service - Wagga
The word depression is used to describe various and sometimes
overlapping experiences. To many people being depressed means feeling sad,
angry, disappointed, detached, upset, useless or even hopeless.However, a person can feel
all these emotions without being ‘clinically' depressed. Feelings of sad is generally brief and
have slight effects on normal functioning.
Clinical depression is an emotional, physical and cognitive
(thinking) state that is intense and long-lasting and has more negative effects
on a person's day-to-day life. Approximately one in five people will experience
an episode of clinical depression in their lifetime.
It is also important to distinguish depression from the sadness
we naturally experience after loss, such as during bereavement. Although the
grief associated with loss is often intense and long lasting, such emotions are
a healthy response to loss and allow people to adjust to their new life
circumstances. Depression on the other hand, can have significant and
detrimental effects on many aspects of a person's life. It is generally
important to consider what is causing and maintaining the depression for
improvement to take place. Depression can lead to emotional and physical
problems. Typically, people with depression find it hard to go about their
day-to-day activities, and may also feel that life is not worth living.
Feeling sad, or what we may call "depressed", happens to all of us. The
sensation usually passes after a while. However, people with a depressive
disorder - clinical depression - find that their state interferes with daily
life. Their normal functioning is undermined to such an extent that both they
and those who care about them are affected by it.
There are treatments available for depressions, a large number of
different treatments are available for depression. New
treatments (particularly medications) appear regularly. Continuing research
means that the evidence for how well a treatment works is always changing too.
Different types of depression require different types of medication as there are
several types of depression.
There is no explanation as to what causes depression, In
general, depression can be due to a number of factors including stresses which
can range from mild to severe, combined with vulnerability or predisposition to
depression that can result from biological, genetic or psychological factors.
The effects that depression have on people is that,
depressed individuals are liable to be slow and less productive, to be
indecisive and uncertain, and to make more mistakes. At home they will lack
interest in their family and will be unable to enjoy their company and shared
activities, and to participate in family life. They will be unable to
demonstrate affection for loved ones and uninterested in love-making. They will
tend to avoid friends and social gatherings, and be unable to derive
satisfaction from hobbies and leisure interests.
5 Things that might be leading to Depression
1. Does your future seem hopeless
2. Are you always angry and feeling sad
3. do you have trouble sleeping
4. Do you experience any delusions or hallucinations
5. Do you "put on a happy face" to hide feelings of sadness?
http://www.riverinabluebell.org.au/node/50
http://www.mmll.org.au/index.php/about-our-services/programs/mental-health/perinatal-depression
http://www.therapytribe.com/Counselling/New-South-Wales-NSW/wagga-wagga/Depression
http://www.depressedtest.com/
zzz
Depression Support Group - Wagga Wagga
Wagga Wagga Depression Support Group
Wollundry Room, Senior Citizens Centre
Tarcutta Street, Wagga
Wagga.
Wagga Wagga Depression
Therapists
Perinatal Depression Counselling Service - Wagga