Causes of Depression

Picture this. You want to achieve the maximum number of marks in your board examinations but Mathematics always fails you. Other than Math, you always score more than 80 percent in all other subjects but when it comes to Math, you tend to pose as helpless and hopeless.

You have tried everything from taking good books and tut-ions but much to the amazement, you score miserably in the subject. Math has become like a slow poison for you to bow you down and you can not do anything about it and that's where the main problem starts.

The affected person in place of dealing with the problem try overlooking and avoiding the same but as it is an important part of life can't escape the influence of the same. The conflict of personality between to solve the matter and avoid the same results in a situation called depression.

Yes, depression is nothing but a serious psychological problem faced by millions and millions all around the world especially the Americans in which the affected person tends to alienate himself from his outer and inner world to be not at all affected from a problem that’s not at all his cup of tea to solve. But the problem eats them from within leading them to be disconnected from the society and stay away sad, upset, etc.

The depressed person generally tries to stay aloof, and live in a world of his own, develops an attitude of non interest in the activities once he used to actively participate in. After having seen the problem of depression, it's important to know the real causes of depression.

Causes of depression could be many, let's see the important ones briefly.

1. Genetic Causes - In some families, depression runs from generation to generation as the depression's gene is carried in the veins of the family members. Grand father to father and father to son and son to his son, the chain continues. These types of people despite of achieving everything in life still suffers from being unhappy and feeling of the same keeps them un elated ever
2. Biological Causes - Absence of some vital hormone or their poor functioning in the body might also cater to the biological causes of depression. These causes may include the poor functioning of Serotonin, enough to cause fatigue and depression. These depression level can be very high in the morning and subside in the evening.
3. Environmental Causes - Several environmental factors like none  attachment or break up of a relation, death of a loved one, family problems, exam stress, etc can be the major stimuli for environmental causes of depression.

Once you have gone through the major cause of depression and how it affects a person the above medical information about the same must have satisfied you. However, provided you want more info on the same, look over the internet for questions about varying degrees of depression. Online medical help and online medical questions are also available to satisfy your quest to get away from the dangerous problem of depression.