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Myth- “depression isn’t real”, “it’s something in your head”, “it’s being lazy”
Fact- Depression is a disease of brain. Experts believe that it is caused by the imbalance in the brain chemicals. No one thing causes it, but many things including one’s genes, stressful events, illness, medicines, etc that cause the imbalance.
Myth: “depression will get better eventually”, “treatment usually don’t work”, “you usually can wait it out”
Fact- A few people get over depression on their own, but most people need treatment to get better otherwise depression can last for months or even years.
Myth- “depression only happens when something really bad happens to you”
Fact- It’s right to say that depression may start from something bad but other things like medicines, hormone problems, childbirth, using alcohol and drugs can also trigger depression.
Myth- “children cannot get depression”
Fact-Depression can develop in any age group, ethnic or economic group or gender. Infact, any person with any kind of trauma that they are not able to deal with properly can get depression.
Myth-“if you can’t get over depression, you’re weak”
Fact- depression is a disease in which something chemically is wrong with your brain, not your character. You can’t force yourself to get over it any more than you can make asthma and heart attack go away.