Do kids really get depressed?

Childhood

Childhood is a carefree, happy and blissful time. Infanthood as if was crafted only to be enjoyed by children (as well as their parents). But it’s not uncommon for our little ones to feel the pressures and strains of today’s life. They too can feel deep sadness and dejection inside their innocent hearts and innocuous minds. Children truly know how to feel pain. They sense deeper loneliness and neglect more than we are capable of even imagining. Our kids ‘know’ depression. And they can experience it…

Depression: What you didn't know

Ordinary sadness

The normalcy of unhappiness is less acknowledged by our society that strives for perfection (which itself is a myth of perception). Dissatisfaction, sadness, frustration and discontentment are all customary reactions to anomalous events. What one chooses to do with them takes them on the path to personal growth and transformation versus depression and melancholy.  Nonetheless cognizance of the direction one is about to take is imperative to offer an understanding of ones own psychological processes. There are things we know; and then there are the masked and unknown subtleties that escape our eye. Identification of trouble is the first most important step for solving it. Clarify the myths to bask in the warmth of reality...

Characterological DepressionShefali Batra

When negativity and pessimism get deeply ingrained in one’s persona, there is a transformation in the outlook towards life. It seems like life was never worthy, things never happened right and relationships never worked. When there are no persevering memories of happiness or contentment, the mind cannot retain images of sanguinity. When asked to recall happy and positive moments, one usually denies their existence. There is thus no baseline to get back to.

Depression: many faces

Sadness does not even begin to describe what depression is all about. The emotionality, thought processes, irritability and changes in daily lifestyle transform the individual in totality. Known devils are better than unknown ones. You can prepare for their arrival and combat them better when they do! Knowing the faces of depression helps identify emotions better and deal with them appropriately.

Sleep and related problems

Life and sleep

Human beings sleep for quarter to a third of their lives; hence sleep forms a pretty large expense of time of one's existence. Sleep and dreams have attracted interest since history but the importance of sleep is only becoming evident today, with the emergence of negative consequences of lack of good sleep.

Do kids really get depressed?

you should know best how your kids really feel

Childhood is a carefree, happy and blissful time. Infanthood as if was crafted only to be enjoyed by children (as well as their parents). But it’s not uncommon for our little ones to feel the pressures and strains of today’s life. They too can feel deep sadness and dejection inside their innocent hearts and innocuous minds. They really know how to feel pain. They sense deeper loneliness and neglect than we are capable of even imagining. Our kids ‘know’ depression because they know how to feel. More than ever before. With rising IQs kids today have greater emotional receptivity at early ages. They know how to feel ecstatic and likewise they know how to feel in the dumps too...