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 Depression!
Signs, Symptoms, Causes and help! Feeling down from time to time is a normal part of life. But when sadness takes hold and won’t go away, it may be depression. What is Depression?  It’s impossible to escape life’s ups and downs. Feeling unhappy or sad  in response to disappointment, loss, frustration  or a medical condition is normal. Many people use the word depression to explain these kind of feelings, but that is really situational depression, which is normal reaction to events around us. As wikipedia explains: In the fields of psychology and psychiatry, the terms depression or depressed refer to sadness and other related emotions and behaviors. It can be thought of as either a disease or a syndrome.
The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) states that a depressed mood is often reported as feeling sad, helpless, and hopeless. In traditional colloquy, "depressed" is often synonymous with "sad," but both clinical depression and non-clinical depression can also refer to a conglomeration of more than one feeling.
Making healthy lifestyle changes can cure depression easily as they make big impact on one’s mind. Take a good look at your own lifestyle. Cultivate supportive relationship with your friends and family.  Get regular exercise and enough sleep;  eat a healthy, mood boosting diet. Mange your stress and practice relaxation techniques.  ---------------------------------------------- |