Depression Hurts, Emotionally and Physically

Depression hurts. It is one of the most heartbreaking diseases (literally) in these modern times.

Depression hurts, not only in the mentally but physically as well. Unfortnuately, this seems to go unnoticed by many people, who associate depression with some intangible malady affecting only the mind.

Symptoms vary, but there are some recurring ones which iinclude attitudinal changes where one loses interest in activities that were previously enjoyed, social aloofness that separates one from family and friends or a different, darker outlook towards the world and everyone in it.

These are the common, non-physical symptoms of depression, but depression hurts physically and acutely. For example, the chemical foundation behind depression can cause headaches and aggressive migraines that may affect sleep, which in turn affects how the body performs the next day, creating a vicious cycle of pain.

With lowered sleep levels comes a decreased ability to deal with pain. Aches become more apparent and serotonin levels in the brain become inadequate to lift one out of a depressed state of mind. Stomachaches can also become a problem, causing one to eat less and lose weight, which hurts overall physical performance.

Depression can also hurt the body systems.

For example, studies have discover that a sudden downward change in mood actually hurts a person's bones. The body can't rebuild bone as it should and this may even lead to osteoporosis.

Depression hurts the immune system as well, wreaking havoc on the body’s ability to fight foreign invaders and, in some cases, may even cause the body to turn on itself.

Guttate psoriasis, for example, may occur when stress levels break through the body’s normal threshold. Red, blistering lesions may occur all over the body, not only creating an unsightly appearance, but also showing evidence of a larger problem boiling beneath the surface of the skin.

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