Читать книгу Why Am I So Tired?: Is your thyroid making you ill? - Литагент HarperCollins USD, Martin Budd N.D. D.O. - Страница 29

CHAPTER FOUR ‘Why Do I Feel so Depressed?’ The Thyroid Gland and Your Emotions

Оглавление

Those of us who have never experienced the symptoms of clinical depression may liken depressive emotions to unhappiness. However, depression and unhappiness are completely different. This misunderstanding — or underestimation of the crippling effect of depression — can lead to a lack of sympathy with a depression victim. If you are depressed you might be told to ‘take a holiday’ or ‘pull yourself together’. And if your depression persists — as it surely will without treatment — you may even be accused of self-centred sympathy seeking.

We all know about unhappiness. The causes are many and varied — we may have suffered a broken relationship, be frustrated in our career, or feel our life is unfulfilled — the list is endless. The common theme however, is that we usually know the cause of our unhappiness. Significantly the Shorter Oxford English Dictionary defines depression as ‘A lowering in quality, vigour or amount: the state of being lowered’. Unhappiness is not mentioned. In fact many depressed patients are not always unhappy.

Those of you who may be suffering from clinical depression know that breaking the bonds of your depression cannot be achieved through a holiday or good night out with friends. If you suffer from depression nothing and no-one can make you feel better. This type of depression comes from within and cannot be solved by external factors. The medical term is ‘clinical’ or ‘endogenous’ depression. Depression which results from an external factor, such as divorce, bereavement or an known event is called ‘secondary’ or ‘reactive’ depression.

Why Am I So Tired?: Is your thyroid making you ill?

Подняться наверх