The occurrence of depression cannot usually be traced back to a single trigger. Many research findings suggest that depression is usually the result of a combination of several factors. Both genetic and environmental influences play a role. Overall, those affected...
People suffering from depression tend to be less interested in excessive exercise and physical activity. However, this is exactly what feeds the spiral of depression – in fact, physical activity of all kinds is ideal for counteracting depressive symptoms....
The first step in finding your way out of depression is one of the most difficult for many sufferers: allowing and accepting a diagnosis of depression. The difficulty in accepting this disease has several understandable causes. Often, the symptoms experienced are not...
Depression is not only an enormous burden for the patient, but also for their close ones. The closer you are to each other, the more you will feel the effects of the disease – including exhausting and hopeless resistance when trying to support or cheer up the...
Unfortunately, even today, the first signs of depression are rarely recognized correctly: This is partly due to the very unspecific and different characteristics of the early symptoms. The harbingers of depression can be pain, e.g. in the head or stomach area, lack of...
