Depression Symptoms or Symptoms Of Depression?
In 1999, Winona Ryder decided to make a film-comeback. Her movie vehicle was “Girl, Interrupted” based on a book written by Susannah Kaysen. Kaysen’s real life account in her days at a mental institution were adapted to the big screen and gave movie-goers a preview on what it was like being there.
What is unforgettable in the movie is that Ryder’s character Susannah made friends with a group of girls who each had their own illness. One was schizophrenic, another was anorexic, another was a pathological liar and there was a clinically depressed teenager. The clinically depressed teenager religiously took valium and eventually killed herself.
Other clinically depressed public icons are the painter Vincent Van Gogh, writer Virginia Wolff and poet Sylvia Plath. Notice that all three killed themselves.
Clinical depression is defined as a state of sadness, melancholy or despair. When it gets to the advance stages, the individual reaches a point wherein he isolates himself from social functions or activities. He is withdrawn and is usually in a low mood, always feeling dejected enabling him to function improperly.
In the olden days, when pharaoh still walked the land and weren’t encased in tombs, when a person shows signs of clinical depression and withdraws from society, their remedy is to chant incantations to turn-away the demons possessing the inflicted person.
However, as time progressed, more and more studies have lead to the discovery of why a person becomes clinically depressed in the first place. Scientifically, they say that clinical depression was a chemical imbalance in the brain. However, other studies reflect that about 16% of the total population has at least at one point experienced hitting the dumps in their lives. This usually occurs in the late 20s. Twice as many females than males have experienced clinically depression.
It turns out clinical depression is the primary cause of disability in the United States and in other countries. According to the World Health Organization, it is predicted to be the second leading cause of disability after heart disease by 2020.
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