Depression is a disorder with physical as well as mental abilities and an abnormal emotional state that affect day to day life of a person. It is basically a psychological illness. A person can be depressed by many reasons like job loss, breakup, failure in studies etc. The symptoms can be easily identified. Sad mood, loss of pleasure / interest in any activity, problem in concentrating, guilty feeling, change in sleeping and eating patterns and thoughts of suicide are some of the most common symptoms of depression. Researches show that there is more possibility of feeling depression in women rather than men. Depression is neither a character flaw nor is caused by bad parenting. It is an occasional sadness, everyone feels due to life’s disappointments.
A depressed person tries to hide his/her feelings from people but is not able to succeed in his effort because he is in a state of denial that time. He cries with emotional and touchy scenes and feels he is worthless and unsuccessful. Even he tries to commit suicide. The best way to deal with depression is to come out of your personal world. Explore the things, meet people, get rid off negative feeling and indulge yourself in some other activity that gives you pleasure. Deal proactively with the condition.
Another way to deal with depression is to seek medical help. Sometimes, the situation is so unobvious and occurs so rapidly that a person couldn’t even realize what has happened. He is not able to cope up with the situation and feels that he is a looser and he has no control over the present condition. Depression brings chemical changes in the brain and thus requires antidepressant medications to treat them. Different treatments are available depending upon the depressive condition.
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Ashwagandha
Stress relief is one of Ashwagandha’s properties and in addition to that, Ayurvedic scholars have agreed this herb to treat various cerebral disorders, especially in the elderly. Such disorders comprise memory loss, anxiety, depression and OCD.
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Brahmi (Bacopa)
Brahmi or Bacopa helps in increasing the coordination between brain neurones and therefore, it can help to improve short term as well as long term memory by soothing brain and making it from various anxieties and stressful conditions.
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Loneliness is found to be a major cause of depression. Don’t be alone. Meet people, join groups or some classes. Try doing yoga with a group of people. Go to park for a walk. Any group activity is good to deal with depression.
Everybody has some hobby. Try to keep yourself busy with your favorite work. Then there will be no time for depression.
Make a routine of your daily tasks and stick to it. If you’ll follow a routine, you’ll not have to think about how to kill time. Hence there will not be any kind of depression. It is seen that housewives are more prone to suffer from depression because they usually have no fix routine and in their free time, they find ways to fight with boredom.
Friends and family members can help the depressed person get out of the situation. Talk to them and get the negative feelings out of your mind. Don’t be alone. Share your feelings with someone.
Pranayaam (deep breathing) is known to be instant solution for depression. Expand the stomach while inhaling and contract while exhaling. Do this for 10-20 times to get instant results.
Join any art of living course. It has benefited many people because they are taught how to deal with depression, what to eat, what not to eat, how to stay happy and how to live life cheerfully.
