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What is the difference between depression and chronic unhappiness?

Mom — Tue, 15 Feb 2011 17:41:41 +0000

Question by Davian: What is the difference between depression and chronic unhappiness?
If someone has been treated for depression for years with medication, counseling, etc. but finds no relief…could it be unhappiness?

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Answer by Karly M.
I’m pretty sure that depression and chronic unhappiness are the same thing.

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Depression Medication, Help for Hopelessness and Unhappiness

Mom — Mon, 03 Jan 2011 19:01:02 +0000

by D.C.Atty

Depression Medication, Help for Hopelessness and Unhappiness

Many people who experience depression take medication to help them feel better and overcome their depression. Medication can be very helpful to such individuals, helping them to rid themselves of the feelings of hopelessness and unhappiness. Studies have found, furthermore, that medication is even more effective when partnered with a supportive environment and good therapy. The two together can help restore feelings of well-being, and help overcome depression.

There are many ways to go about getting medication for depression. However, it usually requires a trip to a doctor and a referral to a psychiatrist or psychologist. Only someone who is specifically trained to diagnose mental conditions states should prescribe depression medication. Periodic visits to someone who can listen can also be helpful in dispelling depression. This is also where having a good support system comes in. Friends and family can be very helpful, if they are supportive. Such support is more effective than medication alone.

Unfortunately, there is another form of medication for depression. By using alcohol and illegal drugs, many people “self medicate” themselves for depression. Many of them do not even realize that they are depressed. All they know is that they feel bad, and the only way to feel better is to get drunk or engage in illicit activities. Self medication is quite common because many people just assume that life is bad, and the weekends were made for getting smashed or high. They feel good while on the alcohol or drugs, so they think that nothing is wrong, other than life in general.

Additionally, self medication allows depressed people to relieve their depressed feelings without the stigma of visiting a “head shrink.” For many people, going to someone who is supposed to treat mental conditions would be admitting that there is something wrong with the mind. That is a hard thing to overcome, especially since few people want to advertise that they have mental problems. So it is understandable that they would prefer to just feel better in their own way.

The problem with self medication, though, is that it does nothing to break the cycle of depression. In fact, it only adds to the depression. Once the effects of the alcohol or drugs wear off, the person often “crashes,” feeling worse than before. The person feels worse, and the only way to feel better is to get drunk or high again. And the cycle perpetuates itself. Sometimes it becomes bad enough that the behavior is not just a weekend occurrence, but expands to disrupt work and family life during the week.

Medication, when administered by a professional, can be a helpful tool in overcoming depression. Self medication through alcohol and illegal drugs, however, is destructive and rarely does it help someone overcome depression. And it adds the problems associated with addiction on top of the problems of depression. Feelings of depression should be explored by people qualified to help you overcome your depression. This way, proper help and appropriate medication can be found to aid you as you move out of depression.

Learn more about depression and how you can overcome it by visiting our Helpful site on Depression and Hopelessness

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How to Overcome Depression – Dealing With Depression Successfully

Mom — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 16:24:54 +0000

Dr John Anne asked:

There are situations in a person’s life where isolation and lack of happiness is experienced. Depression is a condition where a person feels bored and miserable. This feeling can be troubling particularly when a person seems so low and cannot conquer the obstructions that he is facing.

Many have thought that this touching problem is not that grave to worry about. Researches have proved that this state of depression can be a poor health condition and must be treated with care. Some depressed people may go to a psychiatrist for check up and consultation. It could be more worthwhile if the person would see a therapist.

Most psychiatrists are extremely good in finding the reason why a person became depressed. The procedure by which a therapist treats depression is through emotional and psychological approach. On the other hand, a physician will advise patients to take anti-depressant medicines. There are occasion that have happened where a doctor treating a patient for depression was involved in such controversies where inappropriate medications were applied.

A specialist for depression would categorize a depressed person if he presents some symptoms of noteworthy weight loss, rise in appetite, loss of nimbleness, or weight gain because of extreme eating. Others who are depressed may also come across problems in sleeping or may suffer from insomnia, over sleeping, loss of sexual interest, and the lack of curiosity in lifestyle activities.

Some suggestion of depression may also come in a more emotional approach like the feeling of unhappiness and tedium, feeling of being a ineffectual individual, the feeling of culpability to oneself, the feeling of being unresolved to some simple decisions, and the diminish in the ability of the mind to think and concentrate. The most terrifying symptoms of depression may come if a person is all the time thinking of his death or an individual wants to commit *******.

Here are some conducts to deal with depression

A) An individual must force himself to go outside. Do not even worry if the climatic conditions are not that good. Try to have a stroll outside, read a book, or even try to write poetry. This can be an efficient idea to conquer the depression rather than staying on the room alone.

2. It is all the time better if there are people that will hold up the person in depression. It is suggested that a person seek for a friend or a friend while he is still in the stage of improving depression. If the individual is not use to such a therapy, the Internet should be a very good resort to find ways how to find ways to treat this kind of ailment. It could be a little embarrassed to find some other people who are facing depression, but there is the likelihood that there are others out there that can relate.

3. It is sensible for the individual to write what he feels at that moment of depression. If there are no friends to tell what the problems are, he may try scripting about the feeling so that the abhorrence or sadness will collapse. Holding the feeling can just add more despair.

4. Meditation can be a good way to fight the depression. Deep breathing and good relaxation can ease anxiety and pressure that may escort to depression.

Depression can be treated if the person understands that he must also do his part on conquering the illness. If these suggested ways do not show any growth to let go of depression then it should be best if the person look for the help of a doctor or a therapist.

Depression Help

Mom — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 10:23:46 +0000

depressionhelp1 asked:

www.depressionandanxietyhelp.com Depression is an awful medical condition that affects a huge proportion of adults at some point in their life. Many of you will know that depression is the name of a condition where people are suffering with unhappiness, but what a lot of you will not know is that depression runs in a cycle that makes it very difficult for the sufferer to combat.