Understanding Depression

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Depression is a disorder in attitude and feelings characterized by unpredictable gradation of unhappiness, dissatisfaction, lonesomeness, vulnerability, uncertainty, and guiltiness. Most individuals incline to feel depressed at one time or another, but certain people may possibly experience these emotional states repeatedly or with deeper, more lasting effects. I'm some circumstances, depression can last for months or even years, just like mine.

Yes, I have a depression and I still do, it started last year caused by some events happened in my life and triggered some memories that I thought I forgot a long time ago. At first, I thought I'm just feeling blue then I started to be always in a bad mood. I was in denial for months then one day, when I was walking back from school, I realized I needed to do something. I can't stand this any more so I decided to seek help from my guidance counselor from our school. Of course, they didn't told me that I have a depression right away. I had a series of test which consists of written exams, drawing test, and a series of interviews.

An individual experiencing severe depression may experience extreme variations in mood or even yearning for a complete withdrawal from his/her own life and/or the outside world. I could still remember the feeling that I just want everything to stop. It felt like I want the time to freeze for a moment so I could just sit let my emotions out and have a rest even though I could still get some sleep. It's tiring and that's all I could say.

Depression is often the outcome of an unfortunate incident such as the decease of a loved one. Personality, environmental, or even biochemical issues may also be cause for depression. Shortages or chemical imbalances in the brain can play a significant role in some cases of depression.

Something happened to me a long time ago that I actually thought I forgot about it. Unluckily, an occurrence took place and forced me to remember what should have stay hidden in depths of my brain. It caused me a lot of pain but I decided not to tell anyone about it. What's even worse for me is that, I have to keep acting like there's nothing wrong with me even though on the inside,I feel like my life is crumbling and falling apart. There are times that I want to end my own life which I know, is not a great idea. There's also a time where I went away from our home.

So I decided to share this with to help you in this kind of situation. Try to examine your feelings and determine what is troubling you because chances of reading this post is that, you might be thinking if you have one or not, or you have a friend that you think that is currently experiencing this. Discuss problems with the people involved or with your most trusted friend.

If you have a friend that you think that they might experiencing some depression, don't hesitate to help them. Let the person know that you are concerned and willing to help. Don't judge her or that he/she is just being overly dramatic over something. Even if your friend told you that he/she doesn't need your help, try not to be angry and understand what he/she has been experiencing. If his/her feelings of depression appears to turn to thoughts of suicide, urge him/her to seek professional help.

Depression is a remediable and unnecessary pain of those who currently experiencing it, can be lightened. Mental health professional gives assistance to detect the roots and causes of depression and can help the person find ways to overcome them.

As of now, I am having some therapy from a Psychiatrist since my new counselor advised me to do so since I got myself into a little trouble. But needless to say, I am thankful for all the concerns and caring my counselors gave me throughout this whole process. Yes, 'counselors'. I have three counselors helped. I'll never forget them.