{"id":392,"date":"2019-03-15T09:27:50","date_gmt":"2019-03-15T09:27:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/makeyourrelationshipwork\/?p=392"},"modified":"2019-03-15T09:34:57","modified_gmt":"2019-03-15T09:34:57","slug":"things-need-know-depression","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/makeyourrelationshipwork\/2019\/03\/things-need-know-depression.html","title":{"rendered":"Things You Need To Know About Depression"},"content":{"rendered":"

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It must be the time of year. Everybody I know is depressed right now. Okay, not everybody, but it seems that way. I’m also getting more questions about depression from my readers, lately.<\/p>\n

Depression and anxiety, unfortunately, seems to be a way of life these days<\/a> and is serious business. We dismiss it by saying, “Oh, I’m just in a funk right now” or “It’s just stress.” That could be true, but when I read that 80% of depressed people never seek treatment, I’m hesitant to believe some of you. If you think you might be depressed, I urge you to address it. You don’t have to suffer; depression is treatable. Read about the disease. Talk to a friend. Seek help from a professional therapist.<\/p>\n

Here are some facts about depression that I hope will convince you to take action.<\/h3>\n

Depression is the most pervasive type of mental illness in the United States.<\/strong>\u00a0One in four of us will suffer from it in our lifetime. More than 40 million suffer in a given year.<\/p>\n

Depression has numerous causes.<\/strong>\u00a0Among the most frequent are past abuse (physical, sexual, emotional), death or loss, chronic or major illness, and a family history of depression.<\/p>\n

Women are twice as likely as men to suffer from depression.<\/strong>\u00a0Researchers suspect that estrogen can alter the activity of neurotransmitters that contribute to depression. However…<\/p>\n

Women are more likely than men to seek treatment for depression.<\/strong>\u00a0Men more often turn to alcohol or drugs.<\/p>\n

It’s called self-medicating.<\/strong>\u00a0Almost one third of people with substance abuse problems also suffer from depression.<\/p>\n

Self-medicating can make depression worse.<\/strong>\u00a0For example, long-term use of marijuana leads to changes in dopamine production and has been implicated in the onset of depressive symptoms.<\/p>\n

Men and women experience depression differently.<\/strong>\u00a0Women exhibit more classic symptoms: sadness, oversleeping and overeating. Men tend to be angry, irritable and sometimes abusive.<\/p>\n

Depression can shorten your life.<\/strong>\u00a0A recent study published in the British Medical Journal found that even people with very mild mental illness have shortened life spans compared to the overall population.<\/p>\n

Suicide is one way.<\/strong>\u00a0As many as 15% of people with depression take their own lives every year.<\/p>\n

Heart attacks are another.\u00a0<\/strong>Sufferers of depression are more likely to have a heart attack than those who are not depressed.<\/p>\n

Depression puts moms and babies at risk.<\/strong>\u00a0A depressed woman is more likely to give birth prematurely.<\/p>\n

Depression = anger?<\/strong>\u00a0Psychiatry pioneer Sigmund Freud<\/a> theorized that depression is a form of anger turned against oneself.<\/p>\n

Suffer the children.<\/strong>\u00a0Depression may occur in as many as 1 in 33 children and 1 in 8 teenagers in the United States. Once a child or teenager has an episode of depression, he has a greater chance of experiencing more depression in the next five years.<\/p>\n

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