Depression

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ROLE OF NATURO-FOOD THERAPY

IN THE

PREVENTION AND TREATMENT

OF

CLINICAL DEPRESSION

WHAT IS CLINICAL DEPRESSION?

          It is normal for almost all of us, at some point in our life to go through temporary blues and feel sad when we experience a serious setback or have suffered a severe loss. These feelings of sadness are usually fleeting and pass off within a couple of days when the circumstances change for the better. People often use the word depression to describe this transitory feeling of gloom that may take over from time to time. There is, however, a difference between these feelings of sadness and a serious, if not life-threatening clinical/psychiatric condition of depression. However, when such a state of mind of feeling down or low with negative feelings of sadness, despair and hopelessness persists beyond two weeks or more, and starts interfering with the normal functioning of the person, it gets diagnosed as clinical depression, fast emerging as serious illness of epidemic magnitude world-wide and should be addressed at the earliest.

Clinical depression (hereinafter referred to simply as depression) is a devastating, often disabling disorder that can adversely affect your life. It is the most unpleasant experience a person can endure. It is far more difficult to cope with than a physical ailment. The growing complexities of modern life and the resultant crisis, as well as mental stress and strain in day-to-day living usually leads to this disorder. It also arises out of the monotony and drudgery of daily routine. It affects your social life, inter-personal activities, sleeping pattern, eating habits, general health and the zest to enjoy life. It shatters your self-esteem and mundane everyday tasks appear gigantic. Everyday activities you once enjoyed and did easily become impossible and joyless. Feelings of hopelessness, helplessness, worthlessness, pessimism and guilt take over. People with depression are no longer able to think, concentrate or make decisions for themselves. Recurrent thoughts of death and suicide are not uncommon. (Anybody who has suicidal thoughts should find someone sympathetic to talk to as soon as possible – a friend, a doctor, a qualified counsellor, or preferably all three).