Depression in Marriage
[2023-10-02 15:37:59]
Marriage sometimes means couple's happiest time. However, by marriage women may suffer from depression. In the story of Charlotte Perkins Gilman 's "Yellow Wallpaper" published in 1892, the author advocated the idea that women often become depressed from their spouses. Gilman is a famous feminist who believes women should enjoy the same privileges as men. In the story, women are dominated by husband John. John is a doctor and is well educated to teach his wife what to do for illness. But she could not argue with her husband. It is because she was not smart enough to refuse to make his decision.
There is no discrimination in depression. Men and women of all ages, academic background, social and economic background suffer from depression. Despite the occurrence of depression, it does not affect any area of life. Marriage, child rearing, friendship, career, financial - all aspects of daily life are affected by this disease. When depression occurs, it may recur. When combined with other medical conditions (such as diabetes, stroke, cardiovascular disease) and related diseases such as anxiety and drug abuse, the effects of depression may become more serious.
One of the most important social causes of depression is a nervous marriage. Gregory S. Beattie, author of social depression, acknowledges this as a factor, but does not emphasize its importance. When marriage goes wrong, it causes stress. And it usually leads to depression in women and leads to male alcohol abuse. Stress marriage is a major cause of women's depression (Whisman, 2001). A genetically stress-prone woman is three times more likely to develop depression than a woman without genetic susceptibility. Although this is not a social factor, it is important to point out that it is a possible trend of depression based on social factors.
Many studies have found that divorced, separated, or widowed is closely related to depression. Loss of marriage may lead to depression, or depression may lead to loss of marriage. Journal of Depression and 2000/2001 research published in anxiety analyzed statistics on depression in the Canadian National Health Study and discovered that the major depression doubles the opportunity for divorce or divorce . Race seems to be different prevalence of depression, but the difference depends on statistics you see. According to NIMH, African Americans have lower lifetime risk of depression than Caucasians. However, according to the 2010 survey by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, African Americans currently have the highest depression rate (12.8%), followed by Hispanics (11.4%) and Caucasian (7.9%).