Depression
Hey there welcome to life noggin I mayappear to be happy and animated all the.
The time is empty but I read some days
In a slower, we all have a part of it.
These feelings of life are real and are
the effect is not always emotional. You are
Actually one can think of them physically
sense too but how and why let's find out
depression can be the result of a
chemical imbalance in the noggin.
Chemicals called neurotransmitters aid
in sending messages to different nerve
cells in your brain some
neurotransmitters can control your mood.
When you're depressed these
neurotransmitters might not be
functioning properly causing severe
changes in mood depression can be caused
by things like stressful life events.
Certain medications death of a loved one
hormonal changes and of course caused by
faulty move regulation in the brain one
part of the brain affected by depression
is called the hippocampus. The
hippocampus processes long-term memory
and recollection it also registers fear
that's actually smaller in people with
depression ongoing exposure to stress
impairs nerve cell growth in this part
of the brain not only can depression.
Have you feeling down but it can
actually physically affect parts of your
body other than the brain chronic
fatigue insomnia oversleeping and
general aches and pain are just a few examples.
Pain threshold can be altered
by abnormal functioning of the brains
neurotransmitters like serotonin making
people with depression more sensitive to
pain another interesting physical change.
That can come with depression is
eyesight recent studies show that the
retinas of depressed patients. Were
actually less sensitive to contrast
contrast vision relies on cells that in
turn to rely on dopamine people with
depression is often shown to have less
dopamine, which is important for Drive
and attention these findings are still
relatively new but very interesting one
unfortunate problem that comes with
depression is the fact that it can
actually, increase your risk of physical
illness stress hormones or increase.
Which could lead to more problems when
we're stressed our immune systems
ability to fight off antigens or foreign
bodies are reduced making it more
difficult to fight off infections.
Corticosteroid a stress hormone can
actually, suppress the overall.
The effectiveness of the immune system by
lowering the number of lymphocytes which
are cells that destroy the bodies and
gaining viruses did you know that.
Seasons can actually affect your mood
it's called seasonal affective disorder,
When there is less daylight your brain
can increase neurotransmitters like
melatonin more daylight and your brain
will produce more serotonin in the fall
in the winter. Where there are shorter
days in less daylight your body might
produce less serotonin and more
melatonin this imbalance can set up the
brain for depression. Some people who
react to seasonal changes exposure to
more light can.
people maintain this chemical balance if
you or someone you know is the press
please seek help immediately you can
check the links below for some online
resources going to the doctor seeing a
therapist and thinking positively can
work wonders so please don't be afraid
to get out there and ask for help what
are some things in life that make you
happy let's set up a positivity train in
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