SUFFER MAJOR DEPRESSIVE DISORDER?

Major depressive disorder (known also by the medical term clinical depression) is a severe mood disorder of different features,  leading in some cases even to suicide. This however, can be counterbalanced by healthful active lifestyle. With special reference to physical activity. Read on to learn more about. 

THE PHILOSOPHY BEHIND

Depression is one of the debilitating health issues of our ‘modern’ times,  effecting one out of six citizens once in a lifetime. Potentially caused by psychological, biological or environmental reasons. One severe and maybe least understood kind is ‘clinical’ depression as a major depressive mood disorder.  

TYPES OF CLINICAL DEPRESSION – SCIENTIFICALLY VERIFIED

 Based on research at, inter alia

• University of Cincinnati in Cincinnati, OH Children
• University of Pittsburgh in Pittsburgh, PA
  
• Iowa State University in Ames, IA
  
• Sichuan University/West China Hospital in Chengdu, China
• Chonnam National University Medical School in Gwangju, South Korea
• Hwasun Hospital in Hwasun, South Korea
• University of Genoa in Genoa, Italy
• Universita degli Stud della Campagnia ‘Luigi Vanvitelli’ in Napoli, Itlay
• Universidad Nacional de Educacion a Distancia (UNED) in Spain
• Universita degli Studi di Cagliari in Cagliari, Italy 

there are basically 3 different types of clinical depression:

• Major depression with seasonal pattern

          ( E.g., in winter time, lacking sunshine)

• Major depression disorder with peripartum onset

           (Up to 6% of women may experience this episode during pregnancy or   
           first year after delivery)

• Major depressive disorder with psychotic features

           (Inter alia, experiencing delusions or hallucinations)
  
Along with symptoms, depending on age, as follows:

• Age 6-17

          Potential symptoms (inter alia):
          - Physical aches and pain
          - Difficulty to pay attention
          - Feeling sad or depressed for several hours
          - Feeling nervous/scared/anxious
          - Having a vision while awake
          - Hearing voices when no one is there
          -  Frequently feeling an urge to check on things
          - Having a vision while awake
          - Starting more projects or taking more risks
          - Frequently concerned about health or feeling unwell
          - Feeling a need to do something in a specific way to prevent anything bad from happening
          - Having less fun than normal
          - Having lots of energy with unusually little sleep
          - Avoiding doing things becaused they cause nervousness
          - Thinking of self or others doing something bad or having something bad happen
          - Becoming easily annoyed or irritated
          - Sleeping problems
 
            Additionally, it may be checked if the respective young person has been involved in risky
            behaviors such as

         - Smoking/snuffing/chewing tobacco
         - Drugs (like cannabis, cocaine, ecstasy)
         - Pharmaceutical medicine without prescriptio
         - Thoughts of suicide
         - Alcohol consumption   

• Adults (18+)

         In this age bracket, symptoms usually include
         - Feeling frightened/panicked
         - Considering self-harm
         - Avoiding situations causing anxiety
         - Having sleep problems
         - Experience separation from self/memory/ body/surroundings
         - Feeling distance from others
         - Smoking/snuffing/chewing tobacco
         - Feeling others may hear own thoughts or vice versa
         - Much energy despite less sleep
         - Feeling irritated/angry/grouchy
         - Experience physical pain with seemingly no cause
         - Hearing things which others may not hear

• Consuming more alcohol than usual
• Feeling confused about self
• Kick off projects and risks more than usual
• Feeling low/hopeless
• Experience lack of interest/pleasure in certain activities
• Experience difficulty with orientation/memory
• Feeling anxious/nervous/scared
• Feeling a drive to complete mental/physical acts repeatedly
• Have recurring images/urges/unpleasant thoughts
• Feeling that others don’t take own illness serious   
  

NATURE’S ANSWER

Based on above mentioned research a healthy active lifestyle with special reference to vigorous
 

• Physical exercise

 
 may be nature’s excellent recommendation to treat symptoms of depression and avoid related mortality best.

IN A NUTSHELL

Major depressive disorder (known also by the medical term clinical depression) is a severe mood disorder of different features, leading in some cases even to suicide. This however, can be counterbalanced by healthful active lifestyle. With special reference to physical activity.   
  

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DISCLAIMER

All information stated in this blog are for your personal education, and not to replace the advice of your healthcare provider.