{"id":21,"date":"2006-08-14T06:52:17","date_gmt":"2006-08-14T06:52:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.health-care-clinic.org\/blog\/?p=21"},"modified":"2018-02-06T06:35:18","modified_gmt":"2018-02-06T06:35:18","slug":"feeling-blue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.health-care-clinic.org\/blog\/feeling-blue\/","title":{"rendered":"Feeling Blue"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Depression is more than feeling blue occasionally. It is a whole body illness that affects body, nervous system, mood, thought and behaviour. Worldwide 121 million people suffer from depression, making it common mental disorder, says WHO.<\/p>\n<p>Facts women are twice more likely than men to undergo depression. But more men commit suicide because of depression. People suffering from prolonged illnesses are likely to suffer from depression. Divorced or separated men undergo depression.<\/p>\n<h4>Depression Symptoms<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Depressed mood.<\/li>\n<li>Disinterest in activities, you once enjoyed to do.<\/li>\n<li>Problems concentrating.<\/li>\n<li>Changes in eating habits.<\/li>\n<li>Weight gain or weight loss.<\/li>\n<li>Changes in sleeping pattern.<\/li>\n<li>Lack of energy that prevents from living your normal self.<\/li>\n<li>Feelings of guilt.<\/li>\n<li>Fuzzy thinking.<\/li>\n<li>Preoccupation with thoughts of death or suicide.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Depression Discriminates Biology<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Marriage, career, family, children there is a lot on the minds of a woman. Her biological changes, PMS, pregnancy, menopause alter her moods that make her more vulnerable to depression. During and post pregnancy hormonal changes have a profound impact on her mental wellness.<\/p>\n<p>Women on oral contraceptive pills are low on mood enhancing, serotonin chemicals in the brain. Depression sets in if the woman has hypo- thyroid less then regular secretion of thyroid hormones. For ladies undergoing menopause, osterogen depletion aggravates depression. Work overload Women face a work overload. Besides managing careers, they are caregivers, and manage home. Obviously, they work longer hours then men that add to their stress levels. Past History Women who have been molested or raped or more likely to feel depressed. Dealing with depression. Depression is usually treated successfully with professional counseling, anti-depressant medication, or a combination of two. Often a combination of the two is most effective. Diet and depression are interlinked. Complex carbohydrates, whole grains, whole pulses, fruits, leafy greens lift up your moods, drive blues away. Listening to music has helped people. Exercise offers an antidote to depression. The rainbow colours of life come away. It is easier done than said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Depression is more than feeling blue occasionally. It is a whole body illness that affects body, nervous system, mood, thought and behaviour. Worldwide 121 million people suffer from depression, making it common mental disorder, says WHO. Facts women are twice more likely than men to undergo depression. But more men commit suicide because of depression. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.health-care-clinic.org\/blog\/feeling-blue\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Feeling Blue&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-health-care"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.health-care-clinic.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.health-care-clinic.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.health-care-clinic.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.health-care-clinic.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.health-care-clinic.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.health-care-clinic.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":368,"href":"https:\/\/www.health-care-clinic.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21\/revisions\/368"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.health-care-clinic.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.health-care-clinic.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.health-care-clinic.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}