05/07/2019
Topic; SADNESS, DEPRESSION AND SU***DE.
EXCERPTS:
" Sadness is a normal human emotion. It is a response to an adverse situation, while depression is a mental illness. It is a brain disease. Inadequacy of cerotonine is what leads to depression.
Ideally one should come back to normal once an adverse event has been removed but it you don't, it can proceed from sadness to depression and to su***de.
Causes of depression:
1. Vegetative causes that brings about the following symptoms: difficulty in sleeping, sleeping all the time, loss of appetite, weight changes, feeling tired all the time, loss of memory etc
2. Psychology causes: Inappropriately feeling guilty.
Depression is a pain of the mind and often depressed patients mask their feelings. They live in denial.
WHY TEENAGERS COMMIT SU***DE
The brain of teenagers is not fully formed. Their amidala is not fully formed in their teenage years. That's why they can't process things properly. They have emotional instability because they're emotional fragile during emotional crisis.
Like many adult, emotional poverty make people cave in during emotional crisis.
HOW PARENTS CAN HELP
Parents need to speak positive words to their children all the time. Let your children know you truly care.
TWO WAYS TO TREAT DEPRESSION
1. Cognitive behavioral therapy through counseling and permission
2. Medication: You need serotonine medication if you are going through depression
If you are going through depression, find someone to speak to. Pour out your mind and gain your sanity. Those around someone going through depression should also help such a person and refer such to a specialist, seek professional help................"
Friends, life may be unfair to you but God is. He cares and still love you. When it looks like everything around you is dark, always look out for the rainbow!
Say No To Su***de!!!!
Su***de ideation on the other hand occur as a result of loss of touch with reality. The person begins to hear voices and sounds, hallucinate and have faulty thought-process.