2007-10-28 20:30:48 · 25 answers · asked by ♥ 3 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Polls & Surveys
My friend was diagnosed with depression and I helped her out through it (along with her strong will of course).
Depression, along with any emotional state is just a configuration of biochemical and hormonal balances. The balance can be self-adjusted and can be modified by medication (with potential side-effects).
Some things that can alter the chemical balance includes diet, exercises, sleep, and simply the thought process. That is why it is possible to cure depression without medication.
Are you depressed?
2007-10-28 20:38:08 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
It is definitely an illness. And it's very important that it's treated. Whether its psychotherapy, medication, exercise, B-vitamins, prayer, or herbs. It has to be treated because it is an imbalance of the chemicals in your brain. A state of mind is having the occasional blues. There's a difference. :)
OMG....To Cute Angel Puppy...if it were not an illness, there wouldn't be medications for it. People are hospitalized all the time for depression.
2007-10-28 20:38:36 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
I guess I would say it could be both. I agree with those who say an occasional case of the blues is a state of mind. Good question. I am going to be thinking about that the rest of the night. The one thing I am sure of is- clinical depression really sucks. It is truly something that no one can understand until they actually experience it.
2007-10-28 20:40:57 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
an illness that effects your state of mind. I'm just at the end of treatment and can notice a considerable difference in myself since being on medication. However, I would still recommend natural remedies for depression due to the effects the medication had on me.
2016-04-11 00:30:32 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is an illness.Clinical depression is partially caused by lack of serotonin in the brain and can be treated successfully.
There are many types of depression post natal,event caused etc.Some short term some life long.
Definitely an illness.
2007-10-28 20:43:35 · answer #5 · answered by tree frog 1 · 3⤊ 0⤋
An illness. Sadness or unhappiness are both a state of mind.
Peace.
2007-10-28 20:34:33 · answer #6 · answered by sylvester m 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
An illness.
2007-10-28 22:06:13 · answer #7 · answered by kitkat1640 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
it's an illness that becomes the mind,, true,,i have lost about hhmmmmm15 family members ,gmas gpas dad, uncles,cousins, of cancer and heart attacks,, ect....my brother was the worst... but then again my dad...sorry..my step dad,, who took care of me since I* was 2 ...I am 43 now...depression is first for about 2 years,illness is always there,,, you will never get rid of that ......and the state of mind gets better or worse depending on your religion... sorry!
2007-10-28 20:46:20 · answer #8 · answered by angie babe 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
it starts as a state of mind & further progress 2 a debilitating illness if left untreated
2007-10-28 22:01:06 · answer #9 · answered by 2D1iLuV 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
real depression is an illness which should be treated before it becomes something worse, but everyone gets the occasional blues every now & then.
2007-10-28 20:40:06 · answer #10 · answered by Ms Medieval 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋