What is Self-Love? Many people mistakenly believe that self-love is the s ame as selfishness, or having a b ig ego. It’s not. So, what do we mean when we say “self-love”? Self-love means having a high regard for your own well-being and happiness. Self-love is not simply a state of feeling good. Self-love means taking care of your own needs and not sacrificing your well-being to please others. Self-love means not settling for less than you deserve. Loving yourself doesn’t mean you think you’re the smartest, most talented, and most beautiful person in the world. Instead, when you love yourself you accept your so-called weaknesses, appreciate these so-called shortcomings as something that makes you who you are. When you love yourself you have compassion for yourself. You take care of yourself like you’d take care of a friend who is in stress. You treat yourself kindly. You don’t criticize yourself. Self-love is a practice and it’s a skill that takes work. Self-love is something that
I am not feeling good for the last couple of days, so am I suffering from mental illness or depression? Maybe yes or maybe no. It might be because you're for the first time staying at home for this long period of time. Maybe you're just sad or bored or it just a mood fluctuation that people regularly experience as a part of life. Lots of chaos isn't? So, how do we know if we are just sad or we are suffering from depression? For that let's figure out how we can distinguish whether we have depression or not?
What Is Depression?
Depression is classified as a mood disorder, it involves a persistent feeling of sadness, loss of interest, or anger that interfere with a person's everyday activities. It is different from the mood fluctuations that people regularly experience as a part of life.
It's important to realize that feeling down at times is a normal part of life. Sad and upsetting events happen to everyone. But if you are feeling down or hopeless on a regular basis, you could be dealing with depression.
Depression is not fun, it's not a game, and it's not a quirk to add to your personality because you think it's cool. Depression is serious and ugly and affects so many people. Depression doesn't just disappear, you don't suddenly wake up and decide not to feel hopeless.
Symptoms Of Depression
- A depressed mood
- losing interest in things you usually enjoy
- unintentional weight loss or gain
- loss of appetite
- sleeping too much or too little
- slowed movement and speech
- fatigue or loss of energy
- feelings of worthlessness or guilt
- inability to concentrate
- irritability or anger
- stressed out or anxious
- feeling hopeless or helpless
- withdrawing from friends and family
- thoughts of suicide
The scariest thing about suffering from a mental illness is the effect it has on every aspect of your life. It's not just what's inside your head. You couldn't find happiness in little things you used to enjoy doing. You feel like to sit in the room and cry, usually for no reason at all. Depression hits you when you least expect it, and it comes in frequent waves.
Depression can impact every area of your life, not only limited to how you sleep and eat, your education and career, your relationships, health, and concentration. Individuals suffering from depression often also have comorbid disorders, such as alcohol and drug abuse or other addictions. Depression doesn’t just occur for an individual, it can affect your friends, family, co-workers, and everyone around you. In addition, depression may impact how you perform at work or your levels of concentration, so it can negatively affect productivity. Leaving depression untreated can lead to many other complications in one’s personal and professional life. This is why it is so important to seek out help, not just for relationships and work, but for your own sake.
Causes Of Depression
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Someone once said that depression is your mind telling your body it is tired. That's a simple sentence says a lot. There are a number of possible causes of depression.
- Some people have a genetic predisposition to depression, which can then be triggered by a stressful situation in life.
- Reaction to a distressing situation like loss of a loved one
- losing a job or not getting a promotion
- financial problems can cause us to feel down
Treatment On Depression
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Depression is considered a serious medical condition that can get worse without proper treatment. Those who seek treatment often see improvement in symptoms in just a few weeks. Treatment can do much to reduce and even eliminate the symptoms of depression.
- Individual Therapy:- A doctor, psychologist, or other health professional talks with the person about their symptoms, and discusses alternative ways of thinking about managing them.
- Medication:- antidepressant medications may also help control the symptoms of depression.
- Community support programs:- this support should include information, accommodation, help with finding suitable work, training and education, psychosocial rehabilitation, and mutual support groups. Understanding and acceptance by the community are also very important.
- Self-care/self-treatment:- Eating a healthful diet and partaking in physical activity can make a significant difference to your recovery time, as well as improving your general health. You can also spend more time with your pets. Studies have shown that74% of people with pets report having mental health improvement from owning a pet.
- Talk to others:- Talk about your problem to someone in your family or one of your friends. You can talk to your doctor. If you don't want to speak to someone face-to-face, you can talk to someone online.
- Depression is all in your head
- It's a sign of weak
- Medication is the only way to manage depression
- Only women get depressed
- Depression is something you should be able to 'snap out of' or 'shake off'
- Depression isn't a big deal
- Dealing with depression is a normal part of life
How Can I Help Someone With Depression?
Please do not judge other people's struggles and do listen to what they have to say. Everyone is different and everyone's feelings are valid.
- Stay Around:- Over time, people with depression can lose touch with friends and become distant from family, so that they end up isolated and alone. Even if they try to push you away, remind them that you are there for them.
- Communicate:- Check upon those who are quiet, those who check up on you; maybe the conversation is being sparked due to their need to communicate
- Acknowledge their problems:- Assure them that you believe they are struggling and so that they can trust you. Just to be able to share how they're feeling can a huge relief.
- Give them information about other types of support:- Sometimes the support of friends and family is not enough. Letting them know about the support they can get from the NHS, private healthcare, or organizations.
A Littel Message To My Dear Friend Who Is Suffering From Depression
My dear friend, it can happen to anyone, no one is immune to mental health issues like anxiety and depression. You are still strong and there's still a solution to the problem. It can be cured. Accept that it's not anything to be ashamed of and it can be overcome.
When you are feeling low, try and remember you are loved and cared for more than you think. You're doing great even if you don't feel so. You're doing a brilliant job and things are going to be better soon. Depression might be strong but you're much, much stronger.
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