Why Depression Develops?

There are various depression causes like genetic factors, environmental influences, biological factors and developmental or childhood events.



Depression can be caused by a mix of two or more factors. If a person has some genetic influence of depression and he goes through life's crisis like divorce, death, illness or accident, then the stress caused due to these issues combined with what he thinks of himself in response to them, will put him at a risk of developing depression. Depression signs may be directly related to some tragedy or a person may become depressed even if apparently nothing untoward has happened in his life.



It is what goes on in his mind with respect to certain situations in his life that is responsible for building up depression. The causes, signs and symptoms of depression are different for different people and the rate of depression also varies from person to person. Teen depression is becoming increasingly common which is characterized by temper tantrums and in some cases acts of violence.




 
Depression is caused due to chemical imbalances in the brain but there are psychological causes which trigger these. These two aspects of an individual are interrelated as the physical manifestations of depression occur in response to psychological depression. Depression may run in a family for generations or it may develop in an individual without any family history of depression.



There are several depression types like major depression, dysthymic disorder, unspecified depression, adjustment disorder and bipolar depression. Bipolar type of depression has certain significant symptoms which are not present in other types of depression.

Depression is also one of the main by-products of our current lifestyle. In the rush for success, we set goals for ourselves that are more often than not unrealistic.



There are too many tasks to accomplish in a short span of time. It is when we fall short of ours and others' expectations that we start losing confidence in ourselves. This leads to low self esteem and a person starts showing symptoms of depression.



The way we deal with stress and respond to social learning determine the risk of developing depression. It is diagnosed as an adjustment disorder to the incidents of our lives. Other important factors of depression are problems in marriage, alcohol abuse, lack of social support and unemployment. An individual's inability to adjust to the developing situations in their lives makes them vulnerable to the development of depression.