Depression

I think one of the worst mental diseases is depression. All my life is around of depression, I saw it in my friends, my family, my idols, everywhere and no one take it serius because is so hard to understand and feel empathy. The main characteristics are feeling a permanet sadness and loneliness, lose interest in life, have difficults to do basic things of your daily life, avoid people who loves you, etc. Chile is one of the most depress countrys in the world, and affects women, men, kids and old people in differents ways. Women are more prone to have it and live with it and men are more prone to commit suicide. Also suicide increase on young people, that’s terrible isn’t? Don’t find a solution when you are supose to start your life.

For a treatment the first step is asking for help, visit a psychologist or a psychiatrist, or both of them. Today exists a lot of medicines for depression, especially antidepressants the most usual drug for this mental disorder.

Depression made a big impact on our society, addictions and suicide is more common everyday on daily news. And work force increase medical leaves because mental diseases, especially for depression.
On my point of view, a think family have the worst impact when someone in home have depression, you don´t know what to do, how can you help, and you don’t know if your especial person will be there tomorrow.

At least everyday is more normal talk about it, even when some people still don’t see it like a mental disease and just called a “blue day”.