Depression: Can the Family Help??

Depression: Can the Family Help??

Welcome to the Best World of Real Life! I am Kendra but everyone that knows me calls me by nickname “Bam”. I am a thirty-two years old laid-back, hyper, and very involved young chef. I attend ECPI university to gain a bachelor’s degree in Business Management and Administration which I hope to obtain by the Summer 2020. During my years I have dealt with a lot of things personally that I have chosen to hide my issues from people and that includes my family from my childhood days all the way to my adolescent years. I really thought that through the years that silence would solve or cover the hurt or even heal the hurt. Not all hurt is visual, and some people can hide it very well.  As I have aged it has gotten harder to hide the feelings of depression. Depression is so real but can be easy to handle if you allow your family to be involved. So, let’s talk about depression and how the family can help!

Depression is characterized by a combination of symptoms that interfere with a person’s ability to work, sleep, eat, and or enjoy family relationships and dynamics. Behaviors of depression are:

• ·         Prolonged sadness                                      
• ·         Unexplained crying spells
• ·         Irritability                                                       
• ·         Anger
• ·         Anxiety
• ·         Feelings of guilty and worthlessness & many more

With depression family can have a huge impact on the person and how they deal with it. They can either help the situation or hurt it and can contribute to the recovery based of the emotional atmosphere of the persons disorder. Being a person that has dealt with depression myself and still dealing with episodes of having my “special” moments. I know first hand that family is needed to involve themselves in situations when you are having a breakdown. The compassion, caring, and being able to listen is the first step in the healing and finding a breakthrough to the issues that my have a mental impact. Yes, treatment is always an option and the medicine may help for the moment, but the family positivity is the medicine to heal someone’s hurt. To be honest being involved can be a learning process for both the victim and the family. Family is Important and the Medicine!