From a psychological standpoint, depressive states are shaped by early life experiences, including attachment issues, trauma, loss, or chronic stress. Cognitive theories of depression suggest that negative thought patterns, learned helplessness, and maladaptive coping mechanisms can contribute to the development of depressive symptoms. For instance, children exposed to adverse childhood experiences may develop negative schemas about themselves and the world, leading to a heightened risk of depression.
Medically, depression is recognized as a condition involving disruptions in the brain's neurochemical balance. Neurotransmitters such as serotonin, norepinephrine, and dopamine play crucial roles in regulating mood. Genetic predispositions can influence how these neurotransmitters function, but environmental factors, such as chronic stress or trauma, can trigger changes in brain chemistry that lead to depressive symptoms. In children and adolescents, hormonal changes during puberty can also contribute to the onset of depression.
From an ethical standpoint, stepping in to help someone who is struggling with the early signs of depression can be immensely beneficial. Popular individuals often hold significant social influence, and their support can make a difference in someone’s life. Early intervention can prevent the escalation of depressive symptoms and may even motivate the individual to seek professional help sooner.
However, it’s important to recognize that intervening in someone’s mental health requires sensitivity and care. The person stepping in should be aware of the limits of their ability to help. While they can provide emotional support, encourage the person to seek help, and reduce stigma around mental health, they should not assume the role of a mental health professional.
On the other hand, it’s also important for the popular individual to be cautious. If they are not adequately prepared or emotionally equipped to handle such situations, their involvement could inadvertently cause harm. For instance, if the situation becomes too overwhelming, the person offering help might withdraw, which could exacerbate the feelings of abandonment for the person in need.
see "Lessons From Light Shining Through Depression" and "Lucidity Through Darkness." at drdarrylpokea.com
Many creative people experience depression as societies do not value Creativity, positive innovators, the arts that come from these individuals. Beethoven died very poor as did Vincent van Gough.
William James on Habit:
The great thing, then, in all education, is to make our nervous system our ally instead of our enemy. It is to fund and capitalize our acquisitions, and live at ease upon the interest of the fund. ForJamesdisadvantageous to us, as we should guard against our daily life we can hand over to the effortless custody of automatism, the more our higher powers of mind will be set free for their own proper work. There is no more miserable human being than one in whom nothing is habitual but indecision, and for whom the lighting of every cigar, the drinking of every cup, the time of rising and going to bed every day, and the beginning of every bit of work, are subjects of express volitional deliberation.
Well, a depressive state, while not innate, often develops from a complex interplay of experiences, circumstances, and internal processes.
It's easy to point fingers at external factors like bullies, but reducing the cause of depression to a single element oversimplifies a deeply intricate issue.
Bullies, while undeniably harmful, may reflect broader societal flaws that feed into a person's mental state. Genetics, too, can predispose someone to mental health struggles, but they don’t doom a person to them.
The real tragedy lies in a person feeling overwhelmed by negative experiences, leading to destructive thought patterns that, without intervention, can spiral into worsening behavior.
This is why it's crucial for those who are popular or influential, whether a boy or a girl, to step in early when they see someone beginning to struggle. Their support could offer a lifeline, breaking the cycle of despair before it becomes entrenched.
Compassion, timely intervention, and understanding are key in preventing the storm from escalating.
Depression is a symptom of an underlying cause. In many isntances the build up of these symptoms is trigerred by one or more events. Such a build up may or may not cause distress or impact daily functioning. Events can lead to the symptom build up to impact daily functioning. Henc eintervention could be achieved by arresting the symptom build up, interpretation of the symptom build up or ameliorting the impact of daily functioning.
Blaming external factors (e.g. bullying) has some validity, but role of the self in responding to the external factors in the key. As it is said, one needs to be responsible for one's well-being
Epigenetics is a factor always to be considered as well as electromagnetic hypersensitivities including microwaves, wi-fi, bluetooth and particularly high expisure to 60 hz high power devices and high voltage power lines near house or school where higher suicide rate has been plotted. See Dr..Olle
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Dr. Robert Becker M.D and Researcher on Youtube plotted higher suicide rates where high voltage power lines 100 KV+ were near housing, apartments, businesses or substations.
Dr. Olle Johnsonson also on Youtube shows biological and microbe effects in our bodies including effects compromising the brain blood barrier iaffecting particularly electrohypersensitives in our population and other life forms av confused and avoiding these micr
A depressive state is not typically inherent from birth but can develop due to a combination of genetic, environmental, and psychological factors. Life events and circumstances can contribute significantly to the onset of depression.
Your addition to the discussion is lucid and wholistically comprehensive, Chuck! Human beings are diverse and complex.
Depression is not a feeling, Depression is an attempt by a human being to suppress all feelings/emotions as a defense against multiple anomalies of happenstance unloving encounters with other human beings harming them and their free expressions of emotionss to understand themselves and others.
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