Depression may not only make a person feel sad and dejected, it can also damage the brain (permanently), so the person has difficulties remembering and concentrating.
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Depression may not only make a person feel sad and dejected, it can also damage the brain (permanently), so the person has difficulties remembering and concentrating.
Stress causes neurogenesis to slow down and even stop, causing the hippocampus to shrink in size and reduce its capabilities, thus propagating the spiral that becomes depression.
Stress isn’t the only thing that is linked with a smaller hippocampus, there is also a link with high levels of consumption of alcohol, sugar and saturated fats. There are positives as well, such as physical exercise, mental stimulation, eating grapes and blueberries, getting enough sleep, sexual activity (in moderation) and more besides. Anti-depressants also boost neurogenesis, but there are natural anti-depressants in the forms listed above, without the side effects. Anybody with major depressive disorder would benefit from combining medication with a healthy lifestyle and stress management. A healthy body and a healthy mind go together, so the best bet for anybody with depression is to maintain good habits and rest assured, that bad days will be more bearable and good days will be better if you look after your body and your mind.
If there is depression, then brain organ will suffer from contraction. Muscle will shrink in size, form. If kept for longer time, then there will have bad effect on the organ. Any muscular organ, if kept either in longitudinal or compression force, then organ is likely to get deformed. If kept for a longer period, then it may affect physical and mental health. Yes, some people never get depressed. They will be in the category, who practice meditation regularly. Meditation causes release of all hidden stresses. Thus body come back to a normal form. It can be described as,” born again”. Meditation permits one to watch the feeling with even open eyes. It means person no more get flown along the any mental problem , such as depression, worry. One looks at the emotion directly face to face. This makes the person to laugh at himself.