Types of Depression

Types of Depression

Here are the some types of depressive disorders recognized by the AMA.

Major Depression.  This depression is recognized by a persistent sadness and some experience the inability to experience any pleasure in their lives. A Major Depression isn’t fleeting—it’s constant and interferes with a person’s life.  They might miss work, family gatherings and if severe may not leave home at all.

A depressive episode of this magnitude can be treated medically.  If it’s not taken care of it may last up to six months or more.  If they’re lucky a person could experience a severe depressive episode such as this once in their lifetime.  Unfortunately it’s more common for major depression to be a reoccurring disorder.

Atypical Depression.  This is a fairly common subtype of Major Depression.  Those who experience this form of depression can feel a short-lived elevation of their mood when confronted with positive things happening in their lives. The elevation in mood, whether it’s being out with friends or getting a piece of good news, is always fleeting.  With Atypical Depression you can have weight gain, increase in appetite, and an increased desire to sleep, lethargy and hyper-sensitivity to any form of rejection.

Dysthymia is a kind of low-grade depression that can last for two years.  It’s not as debilitating as a Major Depression, but it can and does interfere with the daily life of those who suffer from it.  Most days a person suffering from dysthymic disorder will feel anywhere from mildly to moderately depressed with short periods of feeling normal.  Some with dysthmic depression also fall into Major Depressive Episodes and this is called double depression.

SAD, or Seasonal Affective Disorder is the name used to refer to a seasonal pattern of major depression that happen during the fall and winter months when sunlight is in short supply, especially in northern climates.  The symptoms disappear once the sun reappears or the person suffering from SAD uses a special light.

Postpartum Depression affects many women who have recently given birth and is considered to be brought on by the hormonal upheavals that new mother’s experience. It generally lasts longer and is more severe than a simple bout of the ‘baby blues’ and can occur right after birth or up to six months afterwards.

The good news is that depression is a treatable disease and seeing your doctor is your first step on the road to feeling like yourself again. If someone you know is suffering from some of these symptoms, talk to them about what you think might be going on. It might turn them around.

My Experience

For many years even though I would not "Classify" myself as being constantly depressed I was carrying within me alot of pain and abuse from earlier on in my life. In fact at times it was very debilitating. I just kept carrying on, but I did find myself hitting the lows more than often as certain people in my life were too easily able to affect my emotions.

I decided to start to get some external help (I had cured myself years ago from a physical debilation but I was not willing to look at my emotional pain unguided), so for me it started with counselling - this was unbelievably helpful and even though at first I started to feel worse emotionally it unlocked alot of denial and self blame that I was unaware of. Along with counselling I started to see someone who was able to unblock the emotions in my emotional and physcial body and he teamed this with hypnotherapy and detoxing. The end result was amazing and worked quicker than I could ever have imagine.

I personally believe we can overcome anything. I know I have not written here what I have been through but putting it nicely I have been through 3 traumatic major life experiences which the majority of people dont even go through in a lifetime and many smaller intolerable situations. So hopefully if you are struggling, please believe me that if you have the will you can become free from pain and sorrow - whatever the cause.

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