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Common Diseases > Depression > A Holistic View
Depression is very
common in Western countries affecting about 10% of the general population, but
the numbers of depressed teenagers is about 18-21% of the teenage population.
Historically, anyone who was depressed was more likely to be in the ruling
classes and the cure was to simply stop feeling sorry for oneself and get on
with life and to a degree this often worked. Today, depression is widely recognized
as an illness with prescriptions and sales of antidepressant medications
steadily increasing.
What is Depression?
Depression may be
described as a lack of energy or vitality and is
characterized by, a lack of interest in
life, a lack of enthusiasm and diminished libido. For some it is the inability
to shake off fear and insecurity and may also be a lack of faith or belief. To
the observer, a depressed person may seem withdrawn or anti social.
Teenage Depression
For teens growing up
in a world where they have no rights or security,
the idea of becoming a responsible adult very
daunting. Of course they grow into a very unequal
world. The child born in
the slums of Calcutta displays an amazing zest for
life and is just glad to be alive and is sustained by a deep religious faith,
whereas in Western culture with its superficial wealth but little faith, the
likelihood of depression is greater.
What Causes Depression?
The causes of
depression are many but the main contributing
factors are poor health and the medications used to treat health problems, malnutrition, loss
or separation, a lack of faith, injustice, bigotry, repression and
sadness. Other causes can be the failure to develop dreams and aspirations or to
have those dreams and aspirations crushed and torn away. Other causes are to do
with brain chemistry; or that the brain is not wired quite the right way as life
experiences have been shown to effect brain function.
What happens during depression?
From our experience, there is a thought, a fear or a worry that engages the mind
and that the mind cannot let go and a self debilitating, self perpetuating process
grows depressing the life force of the individual until there comes a point or
time/place where the mind must actually give up and lets go for recovery to take
place.
Curing Depression
Medically there is no cure, medically no disease can be cured, only the symptoms
relieved, but some things do relieve depression:
- Desire
yes; desire to be well despite the odds against you, having a strong desire to
get well supports all other treatment and medications for health recovery.
- Drink Water
dehydration is often a cause of headaches and can trigger bouts of depression
and drinking plenty of water (2-3 glasses) often relieves headaches and can
terminate depression.
- Diet and Nutrition
we are what we eat, ensure the diet of the depressed is nourishing and ensure
you diet has sufficient minerals
which conduct energy around the body.
- Exercise
physical activity gets one into the body and out of the head
- Support
living alone is a challenge, the support of family and friends is important
- Education
depression has a cause and somewhere it has its roots and through a process of
self study, one may discover and cut out the root that causes depression.
Coupled with finding the root cause, it is of great value to know of the
origin of life, the meaning of life and what happens after death.
- Western thought teaches that everything is permanent, your community, your
job, your family is all permanent and you have rights to all of this and if
you believe in God, you will have eternal life after death.
Since we know the world is in constant flux, the relationships of those around
us are constantly changing, our rights diminish, taxes go up, there are the
mortgage payments and all that stuff to buy.
- But Eastern though teaches that everything in this world is impermanent
and life is a gift without any rights, but it is all here to be lived and
appreciated. After death you will be assessed and assigned a new life based on
the lessons you have learned in your previous life, this is known as Karma.
Eastern religions is richer and far more diverse offering greater support to
the population in times of need.
- While this is not a forum on comparative religion, it is important to know
that for all the greatness of our civilization, the bottom line is that you
exist, that you are alive. The second line is that for you and me to exist, we
need our planetary home and environment. For everything else in life, it is
all abstract, it is a projection of our minds. Our civilization, our society,
our work, our relationships, our morality and our possessions are all
creations of our collective consciousness and their only basis in reality is
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For many, this view may be to strong to take and your medicine of choice may
well be vallium of similar to dull the pain, but the real solution we believe is
in knowing the truth of life and living that truth as well as you can without
hurting anyone else and without getting your own head shot off. For a more
mainstream view, we have a report on depression in
America which applies well to most Western countries.
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