Depression is a mental state in which a person has feelings of great unhappiness. It is an emotional disorder characterised by series of profound sadness.
Who can be depressed?
Anyone can be depressed. Depression is no 'respecter' of men.
Type of depression:
- Mild depression
- Moderate depression
- Severe depression .
Signs and symptoms of depression-
- Sad countenance and mood
- Inability to enjoy things one used to enjoy
- Sleeping disorder
-Poor eating habit
- Always pessimistic
- Feeling of worthlessness
- Withdrawal from the society
- Touchy and defensive
- Suicidal thoughts
- Schizophrenia , etc.
Causes of depression
- Academic difficulty
- Wrong choices
- Drug abuse
- Alcoholism
- Impatient with life
-Greed
-Peer pressure
- Inability to positively visualise the future
- Lost of loved ones
-Low self-esteem
- Self hate
- Environmental/political stress
-Debt
- Ignorance
- the internet
- Chief of all, the Devil
Effects of depression
1. Unfulfilled destiny
2. Loss of human resources
3. Disoriented family
4. Bleak individual and national future
5. Rise in crime
6. Gross economic downturn
7. Unhappy and unproductive church
8. Delay in the work of God
How to handle a depressed person
1. Encourage them to talk about their problem
2. Encourage them to confide in their parents, their spiritual head and trusted friends. If you're confided in, keep it confidential.
3. Encourage them to read about other sufferer
4. Encourage them to engage in sports or community services
5. Encourage them to listen to good music
6. Encourage them to make friends.( Becoming more socially active)
7. Encourage them to seek professional advice
8. Take it up as a project. Be deliberate and be passionate about helping the person.
How To prevent depression
1. laugh a lot; find the lively aspect of everything
2. Be optimistic about life
3. The God factor
4. Avoid spending lengthy time alone
5. Limit time with the internet
6. Accept yourself the way you are
7. Don't compare yourself with others
8. Be your brother's keeper
9. Always remember that whatever you're going through, some have gone through worse ones and come out victorious
10. Always have a plan B.
11. Deal with failure as part of life.
Remember, love and sincere love is the only way of helping a depressed person.
A seminar delivered by Dr(Mrs) Fashina of the department of microbiology, O.A.U on the 2nd of November, 2019 during a night alive seminar organized by Student life movement O.A.U
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