There are several parameters to gauge the health, intelligence and IQ of mankind and every organization treats human resources as entities making them goal and objective oriented without considering the mental health and state of mind especially Depression is completely ignored in society and work culture.
Depression is a common illness worldwide, with more than 264 million people affected. Depression is different from usual mood fluctuations and short-lived emotional responses to challenges in everyday life. Especially when long-lasting and with moderate or severe intensity, depression may become a serious health condition. It can cause the affected person to suffer greatly and function poorly at work, at school and in the family “WHO reference”
People feel shy in expressing their grief and sadness which extends to depression, self guilt and so on. Postpartum depression is still a taboo among many women and remains unaddressed for long.
Depression is internal turmoil of mankind which may be hazardous at times depending upon the extent to which one dives into.
Following are the signs which can be perilous and should be addressed at earliest.
1. Self accusation : Accepting one’s own mistakes is a good thing for improvement but without understanding the root cause of trouble leads to repeated mistakes and persistent guilt.
2. Losing confidence : Not considering the worth of a relationship or job post, resulting in low confidence in making decisions, looking for approval for each task and decision.
3. Live in past incidents : Recalling and reminding the incidents which lands oneself into the web of self guilt falling into which is inescapable.
4. Under-estimating your own achievements : Underrating your own actions and decisions and doing self judgement like ” kya mene theek kiya ? karu ya na karu ?
5. Emotional imbalance: Not able to understand his/her own emotional turmoil or confusion and follow the flow of the emotional stream and landed up with anxiety, mood swings and irritability like ” Should I initiate the talk ? Why should I always ?Should I tell this to her ? Why She doesn’t understand me and reckon my feeling”
6. Losing Health : loss of appetite, weight gain, sleep apnea, frequent fall to sickness or any other disease, hormonals imbalance, thyroid,PCOD etc.
In a depressed state, mankind reels under a negative world of imagination where they judge their own activities and imagine what people think and talk about themselves.
Mankind is the most intelligent animal gifted with emotions to relish the beauty of nature and universe. Being depressed for one or other reason is devaluing your own self. There are limitless opportunities and multiple solutions.
We Indians are really blessed to have saints and Gyanis with us to show us the path of truth and reality. Our Vedas, Gita and Upnishads are the most valuable heritage that belong to us. Below is the link of one of the episodes of Upanishad Ganga:
Never ignore the above signs whether it is you or your loved ones, it’s all natural and nothing is incurable. Just start loving yourself, you are the only one who will be with you forever and everywhere. Be your own shadow, spend your time in prayer. Yoga is one of the methods for doing so, there is immense happiness in self realization.
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