Top 5 reasons of Depression different in Women & Men?

Doleh Usman
5 min readNov 5, 2021

Well, I believe Depression affects every human being such as including adult women or sometimes mature people who also have to suffer a great depression at some point during their lives, however, women are two to three times more likely than men to suffer from depression. And some problems when one person fails to adjust himself according to the requirements or needs of situations or circumstances the gets frustrated. Sometimes personal failure creates a great sense of despair hopeless and nothingness in a person.

How does psychology play role in depression and their affection in human life?

Generally! In Phycology depression is usually taken as a disease or mental illness in which a sufferer experiences or suffers unshakeable isolation frustration hopelessness temporary sadness and great despair, and a sense of loneliness.

So normal sadness, severe depression can dramatically affect a person’s daily working relations. In depression, a person feels his life as a great curse upon him and wants to get rid of this. That is why often considering himself worthless he thought of committing suicide. Depression can take some other forms such as bipolar disorder sometimes called manic depression and hysteria or conversation disorder. Recently new research and according to psychologists, weathers have a great impact on our moods. Sometimes people typically suffer from depression in cold weather atom and in the winter season.

On that basis, many people believe that Depression affects our mental health and physical health. So in Asia especially in Pakistan depression is not considered a disease but people commonly view depression as a sign of personal weakness but psychologists and psychiatrists take it as a real illness.

Here is the survey of the United States, the national institute of mental health has estimated that depression costs society a major part and affects the working. The modern age may be one of the major causes of this depression or frustration. The present age can rightly be called the age of materialism or the mechanical age.

Due to cause of Depression, 264 million people affected from all over the world

That’s why this feeling leads the person to this point that he feels himself standing alone in the vast universe. In other words, he suffers from a cosmic horror. Because he comes to this point. “We live as we dream alone”. This shows the night of his depression or sense of loneliness.

According to my data analysis here I would like to add some points and symptoms or signs of a depressed person. As usually, a person in a great depression may appear as confused nervous, and unbalanced personality. He/she looks very sad or gloomy. He/she does not have any zest of life.

How does Depression play role in women’s life?

Well, Depression in women is very common. In fact, women are twice as likely to develop clinical depression as men. Up to 1 in 4 women are likely to have an episode of major depression at some point in life. Some experts believe that the higher chance of depression in women may be related to changes in hormone levels that occur throughout a women’s life. These are changes evident during puberty, pregnancy, and menopause, as well as after giving birth or having a miscarriage. In addition, the hormone fluctuations that come with each month’s menstrual cycle probably contribute to premenstrual syndrome and premenstrual dysphoric disorder, a severe syndrome marked especially by depression, anxiety, and mood swings that happen the week before menstruation and interferes with daily life.

The basic Symptoms of Depression in Women’s daily life

Here are the facts about depression in women

(:) Feelings of Guilt, Worthlessness, helplessness, hopelessness, Pessimism

(:) Sleeping too much or too little, early-morning waking

(:) Trouble concentrating, Remembering or Making decisions

(:) Thoughts of death or suicide, or suicide attempts

(:) Persistent Sad, Anxious, or “Empty” Mood

(:) Loss Of interest or pleasure in Activities, Including Sex

(:) Restlessness, Crankiness, or excessive crying

What are reasons increasing chances of Depression in Women?

Some experts believe that the higher chance of depression in women may be related to changes in hormone levels that occur thoughts a woman’s life. These changes are evident during pregnancy, and menopause, as well as after giving birth or having a miscarriage. According to the National Institutes of Health, Things that increase the risk of depression in women include reproductive, genetic, or other biological factors; Interpersonal factors, and psychological and personality characteristics. In addition, women juggling work with raising kids and women who are single parents suffer more stress that may trigger symptoms of depression.

What are risks affect women’s life?

Gender

Poor nutrition

Personality traits

Family history of mood disorders

Loss of a parent before age 10

Loss of social support system or the threat of such a loss

Ongoing psychological and social stress, such as loss of a job, Family pressure, relationship stress, separation, or divorce.

Many research shows that in Asian countries, depressed people may complain of weakness fatigue, or imbalance. So depression may affect your physical health as well as mental health. Depression usually reduces their weight appetite and sleep or depressed people may have speech the depression is an unhealthy feeling. Depression must be avoided. It may be avoided with pain is greater the physical pain as sometimes great depression becomes a great mental pain or suffering.

References:-

Dawn News , My personal research on depression, anxiety against women, and different sources

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Doleh Usman

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