It is one of the most upcoming troubles in the present world. We can refer this as 'common cold' of the mental disorders. This shows how common it is in mental disease. one can say that the depression is nothing but a set of feelings, which follows the perfect pattern of the event right from the desired happenings to the idea or project getting flopped.

Depression is most common psychiatric problem nowadays. Depression can occur at any stage of the life, from childhood to the old age. This can result in plenty of different factors, which may lead to chemical changes in the brain. Inherited predisposition, chronic stress, biological changes, aging, trauma, isolation of social matters etc are most common trigger factors for the depression. In women, menstruation plays an important role in depression. Apart from this their heavy social responsibilities are also therefore well known for the same.

Definition of depression

This disorder is known as vishaada in Ayurveda. It can be defined as the illness that involves body, thoughts, mood that affects the dietary habit, behavior and sleep pattern. It is not a condition that can be avoided and it is a sign of personal weakness. The people with depression go vain and can't merely pull themselves together and get better in their routine work schedule. If depression is left untreated, it can last long up to days, weeks, months or sometimes even years. Appropriate treatment can help many of the people.

Types of depression

There are many types of depression but broadly they can be classified as below.

Psychotic depression

People who suffer from this type of depression start seeing and hearing those sounds, voices and things which are imaginary or don't exist. One can refer this as hallucination. These symptoms are more common with a person having schizophrenia. Hallucinations are not positive and give bad impact on others. This type of depression brings imagination of negative and frightening images and sounds.

Atypical depression

In this, a person sometimes feels happiness and moments of elation. But it is never for a long period. Symptoms of atypical depression include overeating and sleeping, weight gain and fatigue. Person with this type of depression believes that outside events control his or her mood. These outside events can include praise, success and attention. The episodes of this type of depression can vary from a person to person. This can be up to several weeks, months or even a year.

Dysthymia

It is quite common that many people who just walk around seem depressed. They are at sea all the time and remain sad, blue or melancholic. If you are as one of them, they have been in this critical situation since years. This is the condition in which, there are people who are not aware of this but they just live with the depression as daily routine. For them, it is a part of life. They generally go through whole life feeling dissatisfied and most unimportant, waste and dissatisfied way. It is quite tough for them to enjoy the life and never find life as in interesting mood.