Depression: The Chemical And Emotional Accumulation In Our Brains

Depression is a constant wind drive where the days pass slowly. Even if you miss crying, it’s not over anymore. Your brain is filled with hopelessness and your smile has echoed quite a few days ago…

For many of us, the feeling is quite familiar. It points to a hugely complex and unique mood disorder. From a public health perspective, depression is a major problem.  According to the World Health Organization, the readings will increase further over the next couple of years.

You smile, but you’re not happy. You cry, but there are no more tears to come. You breathe, but you don’t feel like you’re alive. You may not understand it, but depression has begun to take over from you. You haven’t chosen it, even if you might not believe it yourself.

Something is happening. While governments around the world are focusing on economic figures (mental health care can cost up to 4% of a country’s GDP), doctors and psychiatrists stress the importance of prevention. We know how to treat depression, but we can’t prevent our brains from drifting into a chemical and emotional mess.

Let’s take a closer look at this topic that is interesting to our health.

Depression, silent shame

Depression does not happen overnight or twice. Nor is it a matter of choice. Depression destroys the normal rhythm of life and isolates us from the positive feelings and happiness of our lives. Often it starts slowly and destroys heavily. In the end, it overwhelms us with total helplessness, bad winds, pessimism and inability.

Psychiatrist and Professor Michael King (Department of Mental Health Sciences, University College London) is one of the creators of the famous PredictD test. The test aims to predict an individual’s risk of depression. He notes that even today the disease is too stigmatized.

As various studies show, it has been estimated that almost 50% of depressed patients do not receive treatment. Or, alternatively, they do not receive treatment that meets the individual needs of the patient. This leads to thousands of people’s own, personal scenarios of their own state. Thousands of people around the world end up committing suicide in search of a solution to pain and sorrow. Many also end up living in constant pain and a recurrent spiral of depression.

When the brain loses control of life

According to spiritual beliefs, we all have the ability to “vibrate”. So you could say that people let go of a certain kind of inner music. This music connects us to people our age, to certain places, connections, and activities, all of which resonate with our personalities. Our inner melody is a reflection of our active, passionate and curious brains.

When we get depressed, our ability to vibrate goes out. This is because depression causes certain electrical impulses in our brains to decrease and slow down. We sink into a state of exhaustion where only a portion of our nerve cells are functioning. A deep and delicate chemical drift takes its place, from which it is very difficult to get back on its feet.

So what does this mean in practice?

The effects of depression on the “architecture” of our brains

It is important to note that depression is not solely due to an imbalance in our neurotransmitters. Genetic predisposition, emotional factors, and even medical problems can very well predispose us to depression. However, depression is always a major disorder in our brain. So let’s get to know it a little better.

• Hippocampus: is part of the limbic system and is especially responsible for long-term memory. According to several studies, prolonged depression or chronic stress causes a decrease in the hippocampus. In this case, we suffer from memory loss and difficulty concentrating.

• Depression, in turn, is a subtle and complex chemical chaos. In depression, acetylcholine, serotonin, noradrenaline, or dopamine go emotionally at different rates in our brains. Substance imbalance causes difficulty falling asleep and lack of motivation. Sometimes the situation can get particularly bad and that is when we feel that the whole world has closed all its doors to us.

• The thalamus should not be forgotten either. It is a nervous system that receives information and sends it to the cerebral cortex. Thanks to this area, our functions, such as speaking and movement, can be controlled. Depressed patients experience a certain kind of slowness in terms of communication, agility, and joy. It is often very striking.

Depression is a complex enemy that hurts our brains and hearts the most. Our thoughts become chaotic, confused, and bitter. At its worst, we drift to the point where we sink into years of mental and emotional hoarding.

Don’t let that happen. Don’t give up on yourself. Allow yourself to get help. And most of all, fight for your life. Pull on your feet boots of hope, illusion and optimism.