By: Dr. Priya Kaul, Spiritual Life Coach( Hope Creator)

 

This is year is has been very challenging year for all of us till now and is anticipated to be the same for the rest of the year. In lockdown people have gone through the situations which they never wanted to be in. With the change in time and changing situation, everyone is feeling under pressure. For some its work and for some its family and life, but at the core, it is all stress and anxiety. We always tend to ignore our mental health and only focus on physical health. But it is important to understand that both are equally important. And in this entire process of balancing mental and physical health, careful handling of stress and anxiety is crucial. It has been proven that regular stress spikes the stress hormone called cortisol. Spike in this hormone leads to many harmful side effects such as the release of inflammation-promoting chemicals called cytokines.

According to WHO survey Depression is a common mental disorder affecting more than 264 million people worldwide. Depression is a leading cause of disability worldwide and is a major contributor to the overall global burden of disease. Depression can lead to suicide. 85% of people in low- and middle-income countries receive no treatment for their disorder barriers to effective care include a lack of resources, lack of trained health-care providers and social stigma associated with mental disorders. It is a very common and serious mental health issues which affects the daily life adversely. WHO has estimated that:

• Depressive disorders affect around 5 percent of the adult population during any phase in their lives.
• Depression is going to be the second biggest mental illness by 2020.
• India has the highest rate of depression in the world.

About 90 percent of our population is suffering from depression. There is no prior information that this depression is about to come like other health problems. Slowly and gradually people tend to slip into depression .Depression is thought in our mind which is stuck. When we do not look at its initial stage, then that depression grows like a huge tree within us which further influences and takes us towards negativity and negative energies. Depression always begins with a small situation. Even a smallest thing can take you towards depression. Many people suffer from anxiety attacks which are situation specific. People do not realize that what exactly is depression or anxiety. People need to know and understand the symptom of depression. The main symptom of depression are:

• One tends to lose interest in things. For instance there are people, who like to party a lot, take selfie, they gradually tend to withdraw themselves from everything and they started liking to stay alone in loneliness.
• They start sitting in a dark room with no light. These kinds of people start hating any kind of light.
• Slowly and gradually they have a loss of appetite and start looking weak. Problems like excessive hair fall, dark circles, because of over thinking that what exactly should they do and what to talk about.
• Feeling hopeless and negative all the time
• Feel like crying all the time
• Over anger and high irritation level
• Issues with decision making
• Change in sleep patterns
• Unexplained headaches, back pain stomach pain

 

People need to have someone in their life so that they can talk to someone freely without the fear of judgment. One should never think about their profile and their status, how you earn or how people perceive you, all you need to do is to speak up. For instance when someone has fever they do not hesitate or shy away from going to a doctor. If you think you are low and alone and there is no one with you, if you have any such feeling that you are lonely or left out or you feel negativity around you at that same time you need a spiritual life coach or a healer who can help you eradicate the negativity around you and make your life positive. Taking caring of someone who is already into depression can also make one stressed and exhausted. It is very important that one takes good care of their health so that you can take care of your loved ones. Getting support from family and friends, and other professional support or advice can be helpful. One can also speak to spiritual healers, hope creatoes who know what you are going through and who will be able to understand your situation better.

 

Depression has a successfully treatment and can be fully cured with early recognition, intervention and right support. There is always a balance between physical, mental and the body energies which one needs to maintain which create bliss and a blissful being can never get into depression.