Dealing with Depression
DEALING
WITH DEPRESSION
There is a
subject that I have never talked about, it is something in me that will stay
with me for the rest of my life, that is why I use the subject “Dealing with
Depression” in this article and hopefully in others to come.
Depression
is an illness that statistically affects approximately ten percent of the
population, regardless of your place of birth or any other parameters. It does
affect men or women.
The truth
is that we all get depressed at one point of our lives, it is normal, we are
not robots but when we can not overcome the effects of depression just by
having a conversation or eating an ice cream, or going to see a movie, then we
have a problem.
I’m not a
medic, I’m not a psychologist or psychiatrist. I’m just a simple and barely a
normal person that suffers from depression.
I will try
to explain what happens to me so others can relate to this illness by
understanding better somebody that suffers from it or by helping others that
have the same condition.
In this
matter there is no good or wrong, there is no specific diagnosis since science
has spent little time in searching for causes, treatments and improvements.
Many theories are old and became useless, many medications are not good for our
bodies and corporations only try to make money out of it, adding that medics do
not really fully understand the illness.
Specific
diagnosis for depression is sometimes confusing, many diagnoses do not come
alone, they come with other disorders and or deficits, it is different in each
person.
Generally
speaking no body admits having depression. Even less tells a friend about his
condition. I have found that society including family members evade the
subject. For example one can not tell anybody in a corporative environment that
suffers from depression, that by itself will limit any future success inside
the company. Friends that are superficial will automatically stop talking to
you or seeing you, It is sad but it happens.
There are
many things that I have learned about myself through all those years. I’m older
than forty and I can say without being modest that I know the subject equal or
better that a medic. Experience is the clue to this subject, just as it is in
life.
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| Me in Huarmey 2011 |
I will
write from my own experience about things that happened to me, things that I do
to overcome my mods and things that I take and don’t take.
But in any
case or scenario, if you are at the point of breaking down badly I advise to
check with a specialist. My writings can not avoid the negative and strong
thoughts somebody might have in their mind. To read this is better to be calm
and ready. Never think that there is an answer or a solution to your problems
because I never got it, it just don’t exist. The real deal is to know yourself
and expending quality time thinking about ways to solve your problems. And of
course surround yourself with people that are positive and exercise more than
frequently.
So, I hope
my writing will be helpful to those who read this section of my blog.
Later,
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