PLEASE DO NOT CONFUSE NORMAL BEREAVEMENT WITH MAJOR DEPRESSION.
Many people who experience completely normal grief, are being mislabeled as having a" PSYCHIATRIC PROBLEM". But reality is different. For instance, if somebody's spouse died two weeks ago and he feels sad, take less interest in life, have little appetite, can't sleep well and don't feel good to go to work etc. All these symptoms exactly match the symptoms of a Major Depressive Disorder as mentioned in D.S.M.5. It is not good to call normal griever "a sick." If a doctor labels him in hurry, it would be harder for griever to go back to normal life.
HOW TO TREAT MOURNER: Almost every griever recovers from grief at last. Only TIME and SUPPORT are required. This treatment would undoubtedly have the highest placebo response rate in medical history. Medication would cause them more harm than good.
Research shows that girls are known to be more prone to initial depression than boys.
Causes:
It has to do with something in girls around the particular age that this is going on.
More stressful life events
It is important as well that the way and attitude , girls cope with stress.
It may be related to hormonal changes.
Girls tend to be brood more, so the slightest stress is multiplied many times.
Why are boys less prone to recurrence of depression? It may happen that boys get more in trouble and feel sad, but when trouble goes away they feel better. It is the whole attitude .
About half of adolescents who recovered from major depression became depressed again within five years, regardless of what treatment or therapy they received to get over their initial depression,a new study shows. Comment it!
Researchers had previously found that those receiving the Prozac-and-Cognitive therapy combination recovered faster from the first depression. So they expected those youths to be less prone to another depression. But detailed study showed different results. After 36 weeks, improvement for everyone was similar, and by two years, 47percent suffered another major depression, no matter what treatment had helped them recover. It all shows that there is strong need for some kind of aftercare to prevent recurrence.
Stress is described as a complex set of reactions made by an individual under pressure to adapt. Stress is something that happens inside people. There are physiological reactions and unpleasant feelings (e.g distress and anxiety) associated with stress.
Types of stressors: There are many circumstances and events that can produce stress. I shall describe three types of stressors.
Frustration
Conflict
Life events
I shall discuss these stressors in detail some other post. But today i shall describe you how i remove my stress. It is a very simple technique but most effective.
Deep breath.
Keep your back straight.
Stretch your arms as much as you can.
Hold your head upside.
Close your eyes and see the most beautiful moment of your life.Live in that moment for 5 minutes at least.
Good stress can make you feel energized and motivated; whereas bad stress can rob you of your health and happiness.
Facing the Day
Positive Stress: By facing any situation with enough excitement to override fear, you can avoid negative stress.
Negative Stress:Occurs when a situation is faced with a mixture of dread, worry, and anxiety.
Tough Schedules
Positive Stress: Ensure that positive stress is a part of your routine by allowing your filled-to-the-brim schedule to contain several activities you find satisfying and look forward to doing.
Negative Stress: You're sure to experience negative stress if you have an overloaded schedule stuffed with obligations that you don’t enjoy and would not fulfill if you had a choice.
Commitments
Positive Stress:Sometimes it's tough to balance all of your commitments. The trick is to pick the right ones. Whether it's being a wife, husband, parent, president or valued employee, make sure that your commitment list contains things that you would never want to give up completely, even though you may feel overwhelmed.
Negative Stress: When you feel that your commitments are unimportant, unfulfilling, and not worth the effort, negative stress will occur as a result.
Setting Goals
Positive Stress: Working toward a valued goal and knowing that life will slow down once you achieve it. In this case, positive stress presents itself as motivation and drive to accomplish your set goals.
Negative Stress: Without a goal, people often feel out of control and overwhelmed with no end in sight and no help on the horizon.
Tackling Tasks
Positive Stress: By addressing tasks with positive stress, people tend to feel challenged, alert, and energetic - primed to tackle the task at hand, whatever it may be.
Negative Stress: Meanwhile, those who allow negative stress to dominate their lives often feel as though they want to crawl under the covers and stay there rather than take a stab at the task at hand.
Sleeping Patterns
Positive Stress: People who live their lives with positive stress tend to experience a good kind of tired; one which allows them to feel fulfilled enough to get a restful, deep sleep.
Negative Stress: Contrarily, people who experience too much negative stress often have restless sleeps, ulcers, back pain, or recurrent minor illnesses which simply add to their level of negative stress. A proper sleep pattern is extremely important for stress management.
Now that you have an understanding of the difference between good and bad stress, try to find the perfect balance in your life by becoming more aware of your reactions and behaviour on a daily basis.
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