Many people do not consider depression to be a disease, so specialized help is usually provided very late or not at all to a person. Depression is nowadays considered a very common disease.
Depression is a mental illness in which mood decreases, the ability to express emotions of joy is lost, thinking is impaired, and movement slows down. This disease can provoke the stress that a person has experienced. And also it can develop by itself, for no apparent reason. Symptoms of depression are divided into emotional, physiological, behavioral, and mental manifestations. This disease harms the entire body.
Emotional manifestations include such mental states as melancholy, depressed mood, anxiety, a sense of trouble, irritability. The patient becomes insecure, his self-esteem decreases, the ability to enjoy and experience pleasant moments of life is lost.
Physiological manifestations cause great harm to health. A person with depression may experience loss of appetite, sleep disturbance, and decreased sexual desire. He may have problems in the work of the intestines, painful sensations in the body, loss of strength.
In a person suffering from depression, the development of this disease can be determined by his behavior. He becomes indifferent to life, avoids communication with the people around him. During this period, he may begin to abuse alcohol or psychotropic drugs, as they temporarily bring him relief. During this period, a person cannot adequately make decisions, he has negative thoughts about his uselessness, that everything is bad, and so on.
Depression needs to be treated. But the treatment must be carried out by a specialist. With competent, qualified and timely started treatment, this disease can be successfully treated.
