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Do You Really Know What Clinical Depression is?

I mean do you really know what it means?

See, just because one person is moping around and just generally hating the world around him or her, doesn't mean that it's already depression.

Still, it is noteworthy that if this kind of behavior, the feeling of emptiness, loss of self-worth and absolutely no hope for happiness just goes on and on, then, yes, that individual is very much, indeed, depressed.

There are various types of depression, from :

1. Manic or Bipolar depression - characterized by sudden and extreme changes in one's mood wherein one minute he or she is in an elevated state of euphoria while the next minute (day or week) he or she is feeling to be in a personal hell.
2. Postpartum depression - characterized by a prolonged sadness and a feeling of emptiness by a new mother wherein physical stress during child birth, an uncertain sense of responsibility towards the new born baby can be just some of the possible factors why some new mother go through this.
3. Dysthimia - characterized by a slight similarity with depression, although this time, it's been proven to be a lot less severe, but of course with any case, should be treated immediately.
4. Cyclothemia - characterized by a slight similarity with Manic or Bipolar depression wherein the individual suffering from this mental illness may occasionally suffer from severe changes in one's moods.

But in spite of all of these types, clinical depression however, or as some might call as 'major' depression, is actually the medical term for depression.

Experts state that clinical depression is how doctors usually refer to "depression" when giving a diagnosis of their patient. It's basically just a medical term.

To conclude this post, for those who may be seeking some answers for their Clinical depression related questions, the depression section of the health center is highly recommended, as well as books on psychiatry and the internet.

Either way, just know there is help for it out there.

posted by Foras Aje @ 9:55 PM