ശിവഗിരി എച്ച്.എസ്.എസ് വർക്കല/അക്ഷരവൃക്ഷം/Depression
Depression
According to the research by the World Health Organization, globally more than 264 million peolpe of all ages suffer from depression . It is considered as a very common mental illness from an age of 14 and above. Why in this world of developed health facilities and social interactive platforms, a mental disorder like this have become very common? How depression is distinguished from common sadness? Why should all consider it more seriously? Life itself has its own ups and downs. Sadness and griefs are normal human emotions. But for some people these emotions stay for long time and act upon them as they may soon fall into serious health complications even putting their lives on risk. Even though it is a diagnosable disease, many cases remain neglected until the situation become severe. Left untreated depression can lead to serious health complications putting your life at risk. Depression is a mental illness which can be easily identified because of the long-lasting symptoms such as overwhelming sadness, low energy, loss of apetite and lack of interest in things that used to bring pleasure. It is not necessary that depression will only be found in people with serious social issues but can also be found in people with good physical conditions and even transmitted through genetics. But the problem is that people never tend to consider their overwhelming and long-lasting sadness as a symptom of depression. This is because of the lack of awareness among the people about mental health. Mental health is an underserved cause in international aid for the same reason. It is still a taboo topic in most countries. If mental health is the most neglected health problem in the developing world, depression is the single most prevalent mental illness. Depression symptoms are neglected and altered merely as a mental instability. It is an increasing need of the developing world to raise the awareness about mental illness and depression, thereby preventing it from being turned into serious health problems. The awareness should be started from the basic level of the educational systems and should be spread throughout the campuses,work places and even in households. Through this we can together build a better world with better mental fitness
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