The Taboo Called Depression

The word ' Depression' is like a taboo in our society. To accept that one is suffering becomes a challenge. Taking treatment is unthinkable. Those who have the courage to go to counsellors are made fun of. They are termed as crazy or mad.

People doesnot seem to take into account the seriousness of the disease. This makes the paitent more sad about his own condition.

Depression robs a person of his self-esteem , happiness, social communication skills. Like a spider web depression traps a person within a dark world . This world limits his daily activities, even his way of taking care of himself.

Depression also has physical hazards like ulcer, headache. To get out of this one needs to get proffessional help. But sometimes if also someone wants to always cannot afford it. That is why as family member or a friend , we need to listen. We need to help them out. We can show them a way which will prevent them from taking the extreme step of suicide. We can help them in their way not forcing them to do something which we think will cure them.

We can give them books or help them in many ways to stay positive and come out of this spider web. It is not easy to get out neither we can do it in one day. But as a family or a friend we should not loose hope but constantly support them no matter what. Their education or work quality may degrade they may loose trust on themselves . But we should always help them to recover and get them back on the beautiful journey called 'life'. We should be always acessable for them to listen to thier problems. How ever small the problem may seem to us, we should take it seriously and help them. Small steps of caring snd listening can save millions of lives.