Depression is a negative feeling, causing sadness, loss of interest in activities, loss of social communication, causing problem in thinking, memory, eating & sleeping.
And there are evidence to suggest that the predisposition to depression, whatever its basis, is becoming ever more widespread among the young.
depressed children and teenagers are frequently unable or unwilling to talk about their sadness. They seem unable to label their feelings accurately, showing instead a sullen irritability, impatience, crankiness, and anger- especially towards their parents. This in turn makes it harder for their parents to offer the emotional support and guidance the depressed child actually needs.
let's understand with an example,
Tina, sixteen, had always seemed to get along. But now, suddenly, she just could not relate with other girls, and, more troubling for her, she could not find a way to hold on to boyfriends, gets ill-tempered and constantly fatigue. Tina lost interest in eating, in having fun of any kind; she said she felt hopeless and helpless to do anything to escape her mood, and was thinking of suicide. The drop into depression had been triggered by her most recent breakup. She did not know how to end a relationship even if it was unsatisfying. She had just moved to a new school, and felt shy and anxious about making friends with girls there. For instance, she held back from starting conversations, only talking once someone spoke to her. She felt unable to let them know what she was like, and didn't even feel she knew what to say after "Hello, how are you?"
Tina went for therapy to an experimental program for depressed adolescents at Columbia University. Her treatment focused on helping her learn how to handle her relationships better: how to develop a friendship, how to feel more confident with other teens, how to assert limits on sexual closeness, how to be intimate, and how to express her feelings. In essence, it was a remedial tutorial in some of the most basic emotional skills. And it worked; her depression lifted.
► Causes and solutions of depression:-
1: Unable to handle relations skillfully:
particularly in young people, problems in relationships are trigger for depression, lack of communication causes grievance between people, communicating about the problem or what you have on your mind is better than ruminating about it in mind, which alas comes out in form of anger or depression.
understanding and learning communication techniques is a solution.
2: Lack of emotional intelligence:
in times of predicament, a person is overflowed with various depressing or difficult emotions, if he/she fails to hold their emotions take a break and understand them, and then respond they are likely to fall in depression. Not reacting on basis of emotions at the time of predicament is sign of good emotional balance and control. Secondly, failing to express feelings and getting proper emotional support causes depression. Thirdly, failing to understand emotions and view the bigger picture causes depression. It is important to have emotional balance in life for that meditation is the best practice that makes you calm, collected and gives insight into yourself
3: Way of interpreting setbacks:
In the moments of setbacks, it is important to pause and think about the setback view a positive picture of the setback and let go of negative emotions.
failures are part of life, giving some time to think and learn from failure or setback is key to upskilling yourself. Many people when facing setbacks, gets depressed instead of holding themselves in difficult times. It seems easy to read it here but mastering it in those times is a real art, that's how life is.
4: social media!! :
social media is bad for teenagers’ self-esteem. Seeing lots of perfect pictures online might make kids (especially girls) view themselves negatively. Feeling bad about themselves can lead to depression. Social media has affected the minds of many young people, it has increased comparison, blaming, hate, anger, sadness, anxiety and is leading people in the wrong direction, if you use less social media, you are actually less depressed and less lonely, using less social media connecting with people emotionally rather then on social media increases love and kindness in the world.
Teaching children more productive ways of looking at their difficulties lowers the risk of depression such as-learning some basic emotional skills, including handling disagreements, thinking before acting, and, perhaps most important, challenging the pessimistic beliefs associated with depression
also check out my other blogs on worry, jealousy, giving, and anger to gain more insight on emotional control and hope my blogs are helpful to you any suggestion or feedback are welcome in comments below.
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