Death - A Major Cause of Depression
Death is a major cause of depression. When we lose someone we love, naturally we can become depressed. I have had a lot of personal experience in my life with depression and don’t know anyone who is immune from it from time to time. I wasn’t going to include this page but something happened to change my mind. I was at home planning to build this website last January when I got a phone call. It was one of my best friends. She was in tears. She told me that she had found her brother dead. He had died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head. She had just found his body and she was frantic.
Talk about depressing! I spent two days counseling her, consoling her, loving her, and just 'being there' for her. Ever been there, done that?
I have been through so many personal tragedies in my life that most of my friends know that not only am I experienced in this area but that I am also a safe place to fall back on in times of hardship and loss. In any event, the next day I went back to work but couldn't seem to concentrate that well or get my girlfriend off my mind. I guess I had been so busy handling my girlfriend's grief that I didn't realize the date of the day. I suddenly remembered that my own mother’s death date was the next day and that may be why I was having such a hard time of it. It too, was a major cause of depression for me. For whatever other reasons I decided to include this page. I do not claim to have any solid answers for Depression, as I know to some extent we all handle it differently. I find that when I am depressed I tend to just 'shut down'. I seem to want to be alone by myself even though mentally I know that it’s the wrong thing to do. Death of a loved one is definitely a major cause of depression for a large number of people. Drinking or doing drugs is also the wrong thing to do yet for during my friends loss I personally witnessed a house full of people drowning themselves in alcohol. I think my son and I were the only people at my girlfriend’s house who were alcohol free. I can’t blame these folks though. Sometimes being numb is better than feeling all that pain. Been there, done that~ Just don’t party for too long though! You will never get over pain if you don’t work through it! Pity parties should only be short lived! Staying healthy and confronting your anguish will help you more than anything else!
It’s so very sad~ It is amazing how many people are depressed. In this day and age it’s easy to understand why though! Presently, the number of teenagers taking prescription drugs for Depression is STAGGERING~ Bad news and extreme violence are a major cause of depression for them. We live in a totally news driven world now and are not guarded from the violence and tragedies that happen around us in our world daily. Death surrounds us! Its the part of life we cannot escape~ I myself was born and raised in the early 60’s. It was a different time, for sure! I was having a great life till the 70’s. Things quickly changed for me during my high school years. And if anyone ever had a reason to be depressed in high school it was me! Repeated death during my high school years was a major cause of depression for me. Read more here. I had never heard about Antidepressants before my early teens. I knew my older brother had been taking them but he didn’t seem to be getting any better. In my eyes at that time I figured whatever they were, they must not work very well! At 19 years old, my brother James committed suicide. He was never able to 'get right with the world'. Whatever the cause of depression for you might be, there is one thing for sure! It is vitally important to get the help you need! National Directory of Psychologists
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