DEPRESSION IS MORE PHYSICAL THAN MENTAL

WHEN YOU ARE DEPRESSED YOU ARE NO LONGER INTERESTED IN ANYTHING.IT COULD TAKE YOU TO BOUTS OF AGONY, FRUSTRATION, LOW-MOODS, AND AVERSION TO LIFE.

DEPRESSED ONES MAY EXPERIENCE LOSS OF APPETITE, OR TEND TO OVEREAT, HAVE DIFFICULTY CONCENTRATING AND DECISION MAKING AND AT EXTREMES, SOME COULD GO VERY SUICIDAL.

ASIDE THESE, THERE MAY BE ACHES, INSOMNIA OR EXCESSIVE SLEEPING. RESEARCHERS ARE NOW LOOKING AT This PHYSICAL ISSUE FROM A NEW VANTAGE POINT.

IN THE PROCESS, THEY LINK DEPRESSION TO INFLAMMATION CAUSED BY THE BODY's IMMUNE SYSTEM. THAT MEANS IT IS NO LONGER A CONDITION STEMMING FROM MENTAL ILLNESS, BECAUSE WHEN SOME DISEASE STRIKES, YOU COULD ALSO UNDERGO THE SAME EXPERIENCES.

THAT MEANS DEPRESSION IS A KIND OF PHYSICAL ILLNESS THAT MAKES ONE FEEL LONELY.

                                             -Fidha Shuhaib

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