DEPRESSION

So, What exactly is depression?? We all know what the consequences of depression are... but has anyone thought why exactly people feel depressed? What drives them to do what they eventually do??... and is this so called depression a state of mind or a state of emotions?Having seen what my sister went thro' and what she is still going through,I believe its a disease that slowly kills and the only cure is concern (limited concern... when a person is at the height of depression which is close to insane..even the concern seems like a plot ... a plot against him to pull him down to nothingness).
Lemme begin answering my own questions. Depression is both a state of mind and emotion.When a person craves for sumthing , puts his heart and soul into it and finally doesn't get what he expected , his heart aches.... this is just the beginning and perfectly cureable if only that person has someone to talk to,to blurt out all he thinks and all that he feels.Now when he has none to speak to or none to share his feelings with he tries to find solace himself and begins
to think (far too much) about what might happen becaz he hasn't got the thing he thought he would.In such a situation a person's mind is too vulnerable, extremely weak and timidly accepts anything that comes as a part of the flow.The situation however simple it might seem overwhelms him and he has no clue about what he's gonna do.He then begins to act weird , becomes totally unlike what he was, becomes reserved or talks at all the wrong moments.People begin to call it an attention seeking gimmick,which is exactly what he wants but for a perfectly valid reason, and don't bother to give him any.His life deteriorates,he thinks a lot (insane crap I must say) with evidently no
relation between what he begins and what he ends with.His emotions are no more under control.He cries for nothing , strays away from humanity(like cattle suffering from FOOT AND MOUTH disease)loses confidence,memory and can't keep track of events.This is the time the old "I couldn't care less " people think he needs help and come to him.This time he doesn't have the mental strength even to accept the newcomers.He begins to believe this sudden affection is a plot to take away what little he has...even his loved ones are against him and he tries to ignore them and searches for newer solace.Mind so unclear and with overflowing emotions he is prone to external adverse effects.People take advantage and extract the max which strengthens his conviction that the society is against him.This is high time this person needs medical help. When I mean medical help I mean a psychiatrist and not the medicine he gives, a third party who he can now believe and who will DEFINITELY not harm him.If he is not treated then..I'm afraid we can never get him back.He will probably...no surely think himself to death.
Its very easy to say a depression patient(how I hate to use that word) can be taken to a psych and thts all ,hes gonna be perfectly alright soon(?)...well there's more.He for one will never trust anyone coz he believes the whole worlds against him.To take him to a psych itself is an ordeal.And once the initial talking is done and the medicines are prescribed you still can't be assured of his recoup.Afterall depression drugs cause sleep and mental inactivity and any sudden upsurge of emotion can cause death( I don't believe the filmi tablet taking act is funny only the situation is phony but there are ppl who do it and is certainly close to reality).And next, such drugs have to be taken at the right time.An after breakfast drug taken after dinner can cause different emotionally retarded activity.Infact if anyone (like me)had to share a roof with a depressed person you will know that his tablets have days marked on them,to assure him tht he's taking only the day's dose and if he finds it missing it means he has already taken it(like I said they can't keep track of events). His life is worser than you can contemplate.He put himself into such a situation and when he really wants to come back he doesn't know how
to,he doesn't know whom to take help from.He doesn't know where to begin coz he doesn't know where he went wrong,his thoughts had mutilated reality.His life comes to a stand still and he's not even an amnesia patient to claim that he doesn't remember his past.The only problem is he doesn't know what actually happened and what are the creation of his thoughts(this sometimes happens when we are too much into something that we also dream about it and finally end up confused if a certain thing did happen or if it was in our dreams).
And I dunno how this all ends coz my sister is still suffering.She still hasn't got back herself. We atleast managed to take her to a psych (thank God?) and she's been on medication for 2 years now and the doc believes she needs another 3 years time to get control of her emotions.Easy to say she's atleast not mad but a mad person is atleast happy.Imagine yourself pulling your hair in desperation and you see your family coming from all directions with shiny belts and sharp knives to whack you and stab you to death (heaven forbid)...what would you do?..Hard to even think of it.