Face Up to Depression and Live a Better Life

Are you always feeling down? Perhaps you are never in the mood to be around other people and enjoy yourself. If you suffer from long periods of sadness, you have to realise that you have a problem, and this problem is having a detrimental effect on your life. Depression can be diagnosed and treated, you have to visit a professional such as your family doctor or a Psychiatrist. These people will understand the problems you face and they have the means to help you.

Depression comes in a number of different forms, It is estimated that in the UK at least 15% of the population suffer from Depression of one form or another. However, a large percentage of these people will never be treated, therefore, depression and its effects continue to hinder and in some cases destroy these peoples lives. This illness, and make no mistake, this is an illness, may appear to be something which is quite easily treatable, however, the reality is that it will take much more than just a little cheering up to completely cure this disease. The sufferer will need to make constant visits to cognitive behaviour therapist's, and also take all prescribed medicines given by the doctor. None of these medicines are exactly cheap, however when you consider the suffering that someone who has depression is going through, then the costs are quite meaningless. These are enough reasons for more people to take notice and begin facing depression head on.

Depression almost always gets in the way of a persons normal daily activities and their normal functions, a persons love of life and outgoing nature can quickly and easily disappear due to a bout of depression. Instead of the outgoing person or the person who loves life we are used to, we find a person who hates themselves, a person who has no self confidence and a person who isolates themselves from the rest of the world. We find that this normally happy person no longer cares about living. Of course, we must also realise that the person who has depression will not be the only one who will suffer from this destructive illness. This persons family and friends will also be made to suffer as they watch the happy go lucky person they all no and love, become a person who no longer cares about anything any more. This illness will not only destroy the sufferers self worth but also destroy the lives of those around them.

There is however good news, depression can now be cured. If and when diagnosed early, sufferers of depression can now be treated with the use of therapy and medication, OK, so the therapy and medication wont come cheap, what is more important, a person's good mental health or the money, you cannot scrimp on health. Cognitive behavioural discussions or interpersonal discussions are just a couple of the psychosocial treatments which are available from cognitive behaviour therapists, both of these have actually proved to produce very positive results.

People still find it difficult to recognize depression even when it is staring them in the face. The key factor in being able to cure this terrible illness is to be honest with yourself. Never overlook the symptoms of depression, depressed people will often show uncharacteristic behaviour, such as all of a sudden losing interest in their hobbies, or other things he or she usually enjoys. The sufferer may begin to sleep too much, or perhaps not be able to get any sleep. A person suffering from depression may also become anti-social, perhaps he or she will talk a lot about death, or even claim to be a worthless person. There are numerous other symptoms to depression, however if you recognise any of these in yourself or someone you know, then you must visit a reputable doctor or psychiatrist as soon as possible in order to get an early diagnosis. From here you will be able to see which treatments are available to you.

Depression is not something that should be feared, on the contrary, sufferers who understand that they have this problem should take charge of their lives and face this illness head on. Life is far too precious a gift to be wasted. If a person is to spend the most of their life just being sad and alone, then what kind of life would that be? Depression may not destroy a persons body, however, it will most certainly destroy their spirit and zest for life. You do not have to be a victim, help is out there.

James McLean Bowie is an author and book dealer who resides in East Yorkshire England. He owns a number of websites, two of which are, http://bowiebiz.com and http://buddychum.info On his sites you will find a number of resources for collectors, writers, hobbyist and webmasters.