How to Tell if It’s Major Depression
Everyone gets depressed from time to time. And considering the very frightening times we’re living in, it’s no wonder that more and more people are feeling increased anxiety and what can be called depression. Of course losing your job and facing home foreclosure or just wondering if it’s going to happen to you next can make anyone depressed! But these things cannot accurately be called major depression; there’s more to the condition than just feeling anxious and afraid.
Major depression is a condition caused when the brain does not properly regulate the production of certain chemicals that are necessary for a good or healthy mood. Outside factors can influence how the brain releases and regulates these chemicals, but in major depression these chemicals are very rarely released and are not released in adequate amounts.
Symptoms of Major Depression
There are many different types of depression, from postpartum depression which of course occurs after a woman has had a baby, as well as bipolar disorder which is marked by wild mood swings of euphoria to near suicidal thoughts, and many other types in between. Major depression is one of the most…..