The depression is a psychopathological condition characterized by a mood disorder.
When a person suffers from depression they have strong feelings of sadness, low self-esteem, feelings of guilt and need for self-punishment.
Depression can be of various levels intensity: moderate, lieve o grave.
It can present itself at any age (also in children and adolescents; according to the Triestini Health Services Company 1 teen her 4 suffers from it) and also in the period prepartum and postpartum.
In any case, the general line when it comes to mood disorders reference is made to a conserved thought, the predominant aspect is instead the tone of thought that conditions the words that the person uses.
In the past there was also talk of nervous breakdown (a term that represented the exhaustion of energy) in case a person adapts to a trauma, he took on a depressed attitude. Today we no longer talk about nervous exhaustion, but of reactive or post-traumatic depression.
When we simply talk about sadness and of despondency, these pass on their own. Conversely, when the person suffers from depression, that is, these feelings of sadness and despondency have been present for a long time, they do not go away and even occur without a specific reason, it is important to ask a professional for help.
