teen depression

Teen Depression A depressed person sits surrounded by people. They talk, laugh, and act totally normal. However, it’s just a cover. Inside that person sits loneliness that washes through them… an unexplainable sadness that they constantly feel. They fear speaking of it… of admitting the hatred they have for themselves. How many people must live like this person? As stated in athealth.com” Every six months people feel this way and the illness affects 1.2 percent of the American population. Do you know what depression means? According to Teenshealth.org” Depression is a strong mood involving sadness, discouragement, despair or hopelessness that last for weeks, month, or even longer. How do you know when a person is depressed? Can depression be treated? The first step to learn about depression is to understand the illness. Why do people get Depressed? There is no single cause for depression. According to teenshealth.org “Many things play a role in depression, including inherited traits from family members who may have had depression, or living in a difficult family or social environment. Depression also involves the balance of naturally occurring chemicals in the brain ,neurotransmitters, that affect the mood. There is no set level of intensity with this illness, but many different forms of it. The most common three are as follows: Manic Depressive Disorder, Major Depressive Disorder, and Minor Disorders(athealth.com).Manic Depressive Disorder, or bipolar disease, is one of the strongest forms of depression. It is an illness that affects over 1.2 percent of the American population. Bipolar disease changes emotions, appetite and energy levels at rapid, random rates (athealth.com). Major Depressive Disorder, or clinical depression, is the most common, and least treated type of depression. A person with this disorder experiences significant weight loss or increase, difficulty sleeping, fatigue, insecurity and random depressive episodes involving thoughts of