Showing posts with label hormones. Show all posts
Showing posts with label hormones. Show all posts

Apr 8, 2013

Depression: What you didn't know


a barren life
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...

Dec 30, 2012

Pregnancy and its related problems

pregnancy and depression
Moments of pure of joy
Pregnancy and childbirth are moments of joy and fulfillment. Untarnished instants where there should be no room for trouble or worry. However, with this joy comes the added responsibility of motherhood, multiple lifestyle changes, increased workload and a severely disrupted sleep-wake schedule; at least for the initial few months. These clubbed with the hormonal changes in the mother, can lead to tremendous exhaustion that may exhibit as post partum disorders of pregnancy blues, depression or psychoses.