The Depression

The Depression

Depression is a common and clinically serious illness that affects us physically and mentally in our way of feeling and thinking. Depression can make us want to get away from our family, friends, work, and school. It can also cause anxiety, loss of sleep, appetite, and lack of interest or pleasure in doing different activities.

Almost everyone at one point in their life has ever felt an immense sadness in our lives. This is normal. But if this sadness or depressed attitude continues for more than two weeks, help should be sought. Feeling sad is normal, being clinically depressed is not.

Clinical depression is not simply anguish, it is also a permanent sadness or melancholy. Sometimes they feel useless, hopeless; Sometimes you may want to give up. Clinical depression causes loss of pleasure in daily life, stress at work and in relationships, aggravates medical conditions, and can even lead to suicide.

Who can be affected by clinical depression?

It can affect anyone, of any economic level and at any age. Mental illness does not discriminate! They affect rich and poor, black and white, of any country, the elderly and children. However, when mental problems are found, the disease must be addressed, appropriate care and treatment. Among the most common barriers are socio-economic differences, inequality in access to health coverage, lack of sociocultural sensitivity in the patient - provider relationship, and lack of health insurance.

Tips:

• Physical exercise.

• Take care of yourself by eating well.
• Identify problems, but don't dwell on them.
• Express yourself.
• Try to look at the positive side of things.