Boys Don't Understand Girls' Depression

You know that a boy always tells a girl these breaks, they think girls are just at their time. If they do not know that she is broken because she hates the fact that the girl they love has depression and self-harm, and she must be unbearable. She wants to be normal as she is seeing how happy and perfect every girl is at school. How are they always smiling? She wants this, but she can not even deal with her emotions, she can not cope with all the people who always want to be with her.

To understand why depression takes over the lives of so many young women, our society needs to understand the hearts of girls and depression itself. Some people think that depression is caused by biological events and hormonal fluctuations, but this has not been confirmed (Shapiro, 16). There are three types of depression: major depression, mood disorder, and bipolar disorder. Major depression may significantly alter behavior and health and interfere with daily living. Bad mood, or chronic mild depression, lighter symptoms, but longer periods. Bipolar disorder is accompanied by duration of manic behavior and subsequent depression. Typical physical symptoms of depression are headache, stomach pain, insomnia, anorexia or appetite enhancement, and changes in menstruation. Emotional changes include despair, selflessness, regret, guilt and so on. It is impossible to think clearly, withdraw from society, and lose sexual desire. Some girls may suffer from eating disorders as well!

First of all, it is important to understand that there are various forms of depression. Persistent depression (bad mood) is depression that lasts for at least 2 years. People diagnosed with this type of depression may experience sustained, less severe depression, and occasionally severe depression. To be diagnosed with this condition symptoms must last for at least 2 years. ... When a person experiences depression or some kind of mental illness. They are very depressed and lose contact with the reality. This usually includes people's delusions about what is happening in reality, who is there, and what false beliefs about hallucinations are.

Girls tend to suffer from depression over boys. In a recent nationwide survey, more than 17% of adolescent girls were depressed and teenage boys exceeded 5%. There are several theories about the reasons; the study shows that girls and women experience stronger hormonal fluctuations, higher genetic potential and higher stress levels than boys and men. Read more about gender disparities in depression. Dr. Alan J. Gelenberg, emeritus professor of psychiatry at the University of Arizona, says, "Fortunately, people suffering from depression today can be relieved and often recover completely."