10 signs to Know a depressed person Dele Bandele tried to kill himself three times but failed. The digital strategist went on a "journ...
10 signs to Know a depressed person
Dele Bandele tried to kill himself three times but failed. The digital strategist went on a "journey of no return" after his fourth try, which happened a week after his birthday and left his family in a lot of pain.
Bandele's friends reported him missing after the last time they saw him in Omole Phase II, Lagos. He was found dead on January 13, and it is thought that he killed himself. People said that the last place they saw him was at the Third Mainland Bridge, which is a well-known suicide spot on Lagos Island.
Bandele wrote in a suicide note that he had been depressed for seven years and had tried to kill himself three times, but he didn't go through with it because he was afraid of what would happen to his family, especially his mother.How we took back 20 Local Government Areas from Boko Haram — Olonisakin
In part, the note said, "I've been fighting sadness for seven years, but that fight is over now. I couldn't keep living the way I was and keep making the same bad decisions. There was too much noise, but now it can stop again.
‘‘P.S. I didn't write a note to my mom because I couldn't stand it. You probably know how much she meant to me if you're reading this. I would have given up if I had thought about her. I couldn't let it. "This is the fourth time."
He also said that life was like a party that should have finished when the fun stopped, and he hoped that he would "finally find peace and rest" in heaven.
Sad to say, Bandele's suicide was one of too many in Nigeria and around the world. Many unhappy students and young lovers, like Bandele, take their own lives.
The World Health Organization says that depression, which is a part of many mental health disorders, is one of the top causes of disability around the world.
The World Health Organization says that three of the top ten reasons of disability in people between the ages of 15 and 44 are mental disorders. Depression is the third most common cause of disability, after heart and lung diseases.
In an article published in the Archives of Medicines and Surgery in 2018, a doctor named Dr. Aisha Dabana from the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital in Zaria, Kaduna State, said that "depression is a group of painful and harmful symptoms that can last for weeks, months, or even years."
Dabana said that if it wasn't treated when it happened at a young age, it could lead to things like conduct disorder, crime, eating disorders like anorexia and bulimia, panic attacks, drug abuse, and, in the end, suicide.
Mrs. Salem Ogunlowo, the Lead Therapist and Chief Executive Officer of Therapy Consult Bysalem, said that sadness is the most common mental health problem in the world right now.
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Ogunlowo said that sadness showed up in different ways and to different degrees, which had a huge effect on how a person did at work, in relationships, and in other parts of their lives.
She also said, "According to the 2019 World Mental Health Day report, 1 in 4 people have depression, and 800,000 people kill themselves every year because the world doesn't know enough about mental health."
"The WHO also said that by the year 2023, major depression will be the second most crippling disease in the world. It said that only heart disease will lead to more health problems. Depression not only hurts a person's quality of life, but also their ability to work and their physical health, which can make them want to kill themselves.
Dr. Timothy Legg, a psychologist from the United States, and Ogunlowo both said that being sad is not the same as being depressed. They said that depression is often used loosely to describe how someone feels after a bad week at work, when going through a breakup, or when dealing with personal weakness.
"But major depressive disorder is a much more complicated form of sadness. "There are certain signs that can tell the difference between depression and the sadness we all feel sometimes," Legg wrote in a piece on healthline.com.
Experts say that because sadness is a common health problem, people need to watch out for the following signs to know when to see a mental health professional.Legg said that major depression is a mood disease that affects how a person feels about life in general. He also said that the most common sign is feeling hopeless or helpless about life. He also felt useless and hated himself, which sometimes came out in things he said like, "It's all my fault" or "What's the point?"
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Prof. Adeoye Oyewole, a psychiatrist at the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology in Ogbomoso, Oyo State, said that a depressed person has too much sadness, feels too guilty about the past, feels useless in the present, and has no hope for the future.
Experts say that two of the most important signs of sadness are losing interest in things like sports and hobbies and staying away from people. One could also lose interest in having sex with their partner. "Someone who used to be in the public eye but now says he doesn't care could be depressed," Oyewole said.
He also said, "The person can wear the same dress for a whole week. They think that the dress doesn't need to be changed. Some people can even lock themselves in their rooms and won't leave for days. They might not even take a bath for that long. Someone who used to be vivacious and in style would stay in the room. When a person reaches this point, they are severely depressed and should think about going to a doctor.
This is because they no longer care. One reason someone might stop doing things they like is because they are bored. Depression is often accompanied by a lack of energy and a feeling of being too tired to do anything. This can be one of the most crippling effects of depression. Ogunlowo said that this could cause people to sleep too much or to have trouble sleeping. Lack of good, peaceful sleep can also make you anxious, which makes you feel worse.