Depression Hurts, Not Only Emotionally But Physically Too!

Depression hurts. It really hurts. Whilst the pain can be most obviously inside (and this is the factor which those in the outside world think is the most harmful) - it can also bring pain to one's outer world. To explain, depression is often thought of as something which can only be dealt with on the inside, people tend to ignore the factors which are affected in the sufferers physical world.

He/she may begin to lose touch with friends and become more aloof to their general social life. Relationships with family can also suffer and their general world view can become a much darker affair. For instance they may think the world is out to get them. They may feel like they're trapped in a job from which they can't escape when in fact this world is a creation of their own making.

Not only that but the sufferer can be actually physically hurt with symptoms such as migraines. This, in turn, can affect sleep patterns, which will of course impact on the next day forming a vicious cycle where the sufferer never has enough sleep and constantly feels ill. Another side effect of the lack of sleep is that seretonin levels can become so low that the brain finds itself trapped in a low level of depression unable to drag itself out of the pit.

You may also find that you start getting severe stomach aches and these too can affect your day to day routines. This could prevent you from eating as well as you're used to and thus losing wait and feeling dreadful overall.

Going further, scientists have proven that depression may actually affect growth of the bones. If under severe depression the body may not be able to build bone as well as it should and this could in some cases lead to osteoporosis!

Lastly, depression hurts the body so much that the body can turn on itself. Red lesions may arise over the body as the immune system is broken down by this insiduous mental disease. The dark cloud can affect the body in such a way that it loses its power to ward off invasions of the body that one would otherwise have no problem dealing with. I hope you can see now that depression affects the mind, which in turn affects the body, eventually giving harmful effects to the sufferer's entire life.