Stress at work, family problems, loss of loved ones, life upheavals - all this can cause depression. Having succumbed to this state, a person becomes dull, sad, unhappy and loses interest in life.
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The world learned about depression many years ago. Even in the Bible, it was said about the presence of this disease in King David. A little later, Hippocrates called depression "melancholy", which translates as "black bile." According to one of the theories popular in those days, there was an idea that the human body contains 4 types of liquid: blood, phlegm, black and yellow bile.
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Now, depression is understood as a syndrome characterized by a number of symptoms. These include depressed mood, excessive sadness, and discouragement. With melancholy and ordinary sadness, these symptoms are much less pronounced and do not affect daily life to the same extent as they do during depression.
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A person in this state is not only always sad. Changes are also taking place at the physiological level. With prolonged depression, sleep and bowel function may be disturbed, sudden bouts of tearfulness occur and the intensity of sexual desire decreases.
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Depression can aggravate the development of various diseases. So, the risk of asthma, coronary heart disease and other ailments increases. Therefore, you should immediately begin treatment for depression in order to eliminate the likelihood of side diseases. Most often, depression is diagnosed by a psychotherapist rather than a psychiatrist.
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There are 3 most common types of this disease. One of them is deep depression. It is characterized by the occurrence of symptoms that interfere with a person's usual way of life and strongly affect his health.
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Dysthymia is the second form of depression. It is characterized by the appearance of symptoms that do not disrupt the usual routine of life, but noticeably interfere with "fully enjoying" those things that previously brought pleasant impressions.
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Bipolar depression is characterized by mood swings. Most often it is inherited, but the presence of relatives susceptible to this type of disease does not guarantee that it will develop in you.
