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:: Health Conditions - Depression
- Causes of Depression
Main Causes of Depression
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There is no one answer but several possibilities. More than
one possibility can be involved at the same time.
- Physiology
One mechanism is that of a "biological depression."
This means that a person is depressed because of a biochemical
imbalance of some sort. Usually this involves the brain
and various neurotransmitters. Neurotransmitters are chemicals
that help different areas of the brain communicate with
each other. If these chemicals are low then miscommunication
can occur and depression may
be the result.
It is similar to diabetes in which a physical malfunction
of the pancreas results in the need for a medication that
corrects the imbalance. Insulin is often needed and with
insulin the body is placed back into a state of regulation.
Usually there is a continued need for the medication so
the person is enabled to lead a normal life. Lifestyle changes
must also be made such as adopting a new diet, following
an exercise program, and learning to manage stress.
If there is a biochemical component to your depression you
may need medication to help you overcome it. When in a deep
depression the medication can help "jump start"
the recovery process so you can then do the other work of
healing.
Some people but not everyone have a significant biochemical
component to their depression. Usually other factors are
involved as well.
- Stress
Some people become depressed through being overwhelmed by
change and stress. We live in a time of rapidly increasing
change and the demands of adjustment are difficult. Too
much of an adjustment in too short of a time may over burden
a person. Stress begins to wear them out and there is a
loss of resiliency. They can no longer bounce back from
adversity. They begin to pull away from others and their
energy decreases. Depression is the result.
- Learning
Some people learn to be depressed.
It may be that you were grew up in a family where everyone
was depressed and think that such moods are normal. Just
as you would be angry if you were raised in an angry family,
or anxious if you come from an anxious family, so you may
learn to be depressed if your family was depressed.
On the other hand it might also be that your family was
normal but busy. As a child if you were playing quietly
then your parents might think, "Good. Don't disturb
her. Let her play." In essence they would ignore you
if you were good. Later, if you were crying and upset because
your toy broke, they might rush over to see what was wrong.
Whether they meant to or not your parents just taught you
a rule about life. It is that to get attention in this family
you must be in distress. This may be the first step in learning
a life style of depression as attention getting behavior.
- Thinking
Many people think themselves into depression.
It is easy to do. All that is required is that you know
how to worry. With worry you take any small problem and
think about it for a while. You imagine what might go wrong,
could go wrong, and how terrible it would be. Pretty soon
you have a big problem. This big problem is one that you
have created, and it exists primarily in your imagination.
However, you forget that you have intensified the problem
by adding to it and take it for "the reality."
Develop a habit of negative thinking, always make things
worse than they are, and you can lead yourself down the
road to depression.
:: Thinking: A Common Pathway
So, there are at least four pathways to depression, and they
often act together. If you are depressed then you need to
evaluate all of these factors in your life.
In your evaluation you will most likely find that thinking
is always involved, and that it is a common pathway to depression.
The good news is that you can control your thinking. You can
choose what you tell yourself. Learning to control the pathway
of thinking can give you control over your depression.
:: How you think is important.
Let's focus on the role of thinking in depression. No
matter what the other causes of depression may contribute,
thinking always plays some role and can always make matters
worse.
- If you are depressed because of a biochemical imbalance
you will still be thinking about your life experiences.
- If you have too much stress you will certainly think about
the stressful events.
- If you learned to be depressed then your usual pattern
of thinking will maintain it.
Thinking is always occurring, and therefore plays a fundamental
role in creating not only depression, but all of our other
emotions as well.
Understanding how our thinking creates our moods and behavior
is an area of cognitive psychology. Trying to improve our
thinking to improve our moods and behavior is cognitive therapy.
Cognitive therapy provides a good model
for self-help.
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