WHAT IS DEPRESSION?

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• When defining depression, it is always important to make a distinction between sadness and depression. 

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• It could be said that sadness is an adaptive process that makes it easier for us to assimilate situations of loss, such as the loss of a loved one, a job layoff or a love break. For its part, depression is rather seen as a pathological process in which we are overwhelmed by a feeling of melancholy, with deep sadness and an inability to enjoy the things that previously gave us pleasure.

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• In particular, depression is presented as a cognitive distortion of the patient's reality, in which he is practically unable to realize or evaluate what happens to him while he is under that depression that can be transitory or permanent._d04a07d8-9cd1-3239 -9149-20813d6c673b_

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• Your treatment can be pharmacological for some cases, for others it must be accompanied by an evaluation and therapeutic follow-up by a psychologist.

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WHAT SYMPTOMS DOES DEPRESSION PRODUCE IN OUR PHYSIOLOGY?

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The most common symptoms are:

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• Power loss.​

• Fatigue

• Memory loss

• Insomnia or hypersomnia

• weight loss or gain

• Loss of sexual desire

• Nonspecific and diffuse pains that do not have an organic origin

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HOW DOES DEPRESSION AFFECT EMOTIONS?

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• It is said that due to the action of violent biochemical changes in the brain, emotional states are affected by neurotransmitters, specifically serotonin, which is one of those that regulates mood, anxiety, pain perception and impulsive behavior.

 

• But another neurotransmitter called norepinephrine also participates, which is also involved in the regulation of mood and motivation, creating a loss of some routines that can range from personal hygiene to socialization.

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• People affected by depression often have low self-esteem and feel totally expendable. They even have the mistaken feeling of being a nuisance to the people around them. With strong feelings of hopelessness of not finding alternative solutions to their condition and pessimism accompanied by anxiety, guilt, uselessness and impotence.

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• Particularly in depressive people, there is a fixation on negative aspects of life and the positive ones are discarded as if they were of no importance or simply as if they did not exist.

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TIPS FOR THE DEPRESSIVE?

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• Force yourself to socialize, express what you want, only social relationships remain the main source of stimulating situations.

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• Beliefs that may be limiting should be reviewed periodically.

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• Set aside time for physical exercise, perhaps a 15- to 30-minute walk each day, or dancing, running, or bicycling.

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• Try to maintain a healthy and balanced diet since depression greatly affects appetite.

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• To recognize and identify the existence of a problem, do not turn it over in your mind, just let it flow until you can face it without affecting you so much and try to look at the positive side of things.

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It is important to keep in mind that if you find yourself in a similar situation and Depression overcomes your psychic defenses

 "DO NOT HESITATE TO CONTACT ME"

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