As the news of Ex-Miss USA "Cheslie Kryst's death" by suicide on Sunday morning spread, it sent shockwaves throughout the country. The topic of depression has once again resurfaced as a prominent to address.
Cheslie Kryst was always an inspiration for many others. But just like seeing someone always happy and joyful, no one can know what's going on inside a person's mind unless we encourage them to express themselves.
Lack of mental immunity (strength of mind) makes struggling and sailing through depression difficult. Unfortunately, most of the youngsters are easily getting in the catch by this mental disease.
The term "depression" is used in a variety of contexts. From time to time, we all feel down, sad and it's a natural part of life.
However, it's critical to understand the distinction between sadness and depression. Sadness is a fleeting emotion that follows a traumatic event, such as a breakup or a disagreement. Whereas, Depression differs because it is a kind of grief that lasts a long time and creates a constant feeling of loneliness in one's life though they may be with a lot of people around, making them difficult to perform their routine day-to-day activities, and thereby leading them to believe that their lives are really not worth living.
Depression is a serious condition that can have serious consequences if left untreated.
Grief and depression are two emotions that can coexist. The death of a loved one, the loss of a career, being the victim of a physical assault, a big tragedy or even the physical changes in women, and drastic dropping of hormones in a woman's body after delivering a baby (also called postpartum depression) leads to depression in certain people.
In addition, people who have tough situations in life and have rounded in problems and are unable to come out of the problems often lead a person to get into depression.
Other factors that lead to depression are:
1. Sickness and Medical Issues
Physical issues or injuries can have a major impact on your mental health. Depression can be caused by chronic health problems, long-term health problems, or physical health problems that radically alter your lifestyle.
2. Professional Circumstances
The majority of the youngsters fall prey to depression. Most of the time it is the situations they face in their professional life that make them get depressed.
Instances like stressful job, losing the job, being unemployed for a longer time, Not having a work-life balance, irregular monthly salaries, exploitation from seniors often makes one get into depression and end up the life.
3. Introvert Nature
Our nature plays an equal role when it comes to depression. Having an introverted nature where you don't share your thoughts with others, or prefer to be alone. Loneliness is one of the reasons that help develop depression.
Also, not sharing your thoughts with others and bottling up the emotions and thoughts in mind often makes one suffer that many a time has linked as a reason for depression.
Though introvert personalities are creative in nature and there's nothing wrong with being introverted, it is always advisable to express yourself to someone you trust when there's a need.
4. Problems in Marital Life
Having a blissful marital life is a wish that every person dreams of. But, incompatibility in couple, family issues, an extra marital affair of partner or even struggling between divorce becomes a cause for one to get depressed
5. Fickle State of Mind
When a person's thinking is fickle, it means they don't have enough clarity about what they desire. Many of us get carried away with moments, without understanding whether the reality generated by others makes sense or not. In return when your reality doesn't meet your expectations, it leads you to get stressed and it is well-known fact that individuals who are stressed are more likely to get depressed.
Expectations have risen in recent years, and falling short of them is a part of life. Individuals who have not learned to cope with stress are more likely to suffer from depression.
There is no single cause but several factors that contribute to creating a negative impact on a person. Thus, feeling sad or low is obvious which often leads one to get into depression.
According to World Health Organization (WHO), "Depression is one with most founded cases related to mental disorder. Globally, estimates 5.0% of youths suffer from depression that often leads to suicide. Also, WHO states that ratios of Women in terms of depression are higher than men".
How to know the person is mentally depressed? and what are the symptoms of mental depression?
Every person hides their sufferings and smiles when they are in a group of people
But when a person appears depressed, withdrawn, or disinterested; becoming more anxious or agitated; using more alcohol or drugs it's a sign that he is suffering through depression.
For some people who are having depression, their eating, sleeping pattern gets affected. They feel low self-esteem. They lose their focus and confidence. Difficulty in making decisions overly stressed makes them feel easily tired and they feel suicide is the only option to cope with the situation.
Based on the symptoms, depression can be divided into mild, moderate, and severe.
Lack of concentration, demotivation, hopelessness, insomnia is the symptoms of mild depression. Whereas, worrying excessively, getting insensitive or offended from the comments of others, getting insecurity, reduction in productivity are some of the symptoms of having moderate depression.
A person who faces major or severe depression, starts hallucinating, delusions, and having suicidal thoughts.
Mild depression is hardly noticeable but moderate and severe can be easily noticed and intervention of medical treatment is required.
Besides, medical treatment, one can help himself in fighting the battle of depression. Depression and medication are always connected to each other but improving the lifestyle by inculcating and concentrating on your body and mind will give benefits in getting out of depression or curing depression.
1. Changing Your Diet
Depression is a serious problem. And believe it or not, your daily diet has an equal contribution in increasing depression.
So, the first thing you can concentrate on is changing your diet.
Depression disease can occur because of hormonal imbalance and vitamin deficiencies. To avoid such conditions, converting your diet and adding foods that contain a lot of vitamin-rich foods may be beneficial. For example - seafood, brown rice are rich in selenium, an element that protects against radicals and may decrease the likelihood of developing depression.
Additionally, Vitamin B has proven to have the composition of Neurobion which is important for improving the nervous system, making stronger immunity, developing metabolism, and increasing energy levels.
Dietary foods that have Vitamin B include banana, milk, leafy green vegetables, eggs, and clams.
The other food that is prominent to avoid is coffee and alcohol. Because, though these foods may look like keeping your brain active, they are also evidently found to increase anxiety and nervousness.
2. Healthy Gut Bacteria
Nutritious impact brain health through the gut microbiota, The human microbiota is made up of the 10-100 trillion symbiotic microbial cells that each person carries along with them, mostly bacteria in the gut.
Healthy gut microbiota impacts the brain by improving mood, relieving stress and inflammation.
Foods rich in fiber are prominent for gut bacteria. Vegetables, fruits, beans, nuts are beneficial for flourishing gut bacteria. Also fermented foods such as yogurt, sauerkraut are well known for assisting in building a healthy gut.
Consuming these foods on daily basis will help in building and making stronger gut bacteria and thereby improving your brain immunity, reducing stress and anxiety.
3. Physical Exercise
Regular exercise is one of the top sources to get out of depression. Doctors do advise their patients to exercise regularly because it has good effects on the body as well as on brain health.
Research has shown that stress hormones levels disrupt and increase when one struggles through mental diseases. Similar to meditation, exercise has also proven to decline stress hormone levels. Which also helps in controlling anxiety, depression, and negative thoughts.
Physical activities also aid in improving cognitive functions by creating good effects on chemical and emotional imbalance which are essential to mental disorders.
When a patient doesn't get cured with medication, and prescribed medicines don't show their effects, many doctors recommend changing diet and inculcating physical exercise. Thus, along with medicines, it is essential to take care of yourself by bringing changes in your diet, consuming healthy food.
Conclusion
The point of this article is to help you understand that depression and suicide are real. Mental illness comes in many varieties. Mental Depression is the top mental disease that is commonly found and more young people are prone to it.
The state of one's mental health is influenced by a variety of circumstances. A balanced diet, regular exercise, and a healthy gut are essential for physical and mental well-being.
Depression does not usually manifest itself fast or unexpectedly. It takes time to develop and leads to making life more worst.
There are many ways to get that support. It's important to know the signs of depression so you can reach out for help if someone or you need it.
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