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DIE VERSKIL TUSSEN KLINIESE EN OMSTANDIGHEIDS DEPRESSIE

DIE VERSKIL TUSSEN KLINIESE EN OMSTANDIGHEIDS DEPRESSIE

Kliniese depressie is een van die hoofoorsake van ongeskiktheid in die wêreld. Trouens, in 2008 is kliniese depressie deur die Wêreldgesondheidsorganisasie as die derde grootste oorsaak van ongeskiktheid gelys wêreldwyd, en dit sal na verwagting teen 2030 die nommer een oorsaak van ongeskiktheid wees.

Kliniese depressie, of Ernstige Depressiewe Versteuring, is ‘n algehele liggaamsversteuring waarin daar veranderinge in die normale funksie van die breinbane is (kritiese redenasiebane is onderaktief, vreesbane is ooraktief, ens.); ‘n oorgestimuleerde immuunstelsel met verhoogde inflammatoriese faktore wat bydra tot die ervaring van moegheid, malaise, eetlus- en slaapstoornisse; veranderinge in denkpatrone met oordrewe negatiewe, pessimisties en ontmoedigende prikkels na die gedagtes; en sellulêre veranderinge in die brein met veranderde geenuitdrukking met verlies aan neurotrofiene (proteïene wat neuroplastisiteit verbeter en neurone gesond hou) en witstofvolume in kritiese breinstreke.

Kliniese depressie is ‘n fisiologiese toestand wat die normale funksie van die hele persoon verander – en daar is baie onderliggende faktore wat die risiko verhoog om kliniese depressie te ontwikkel. Trouens, enige persoon, ongeag genetika, kan kliniese depressie ervaar as genoeg van hierdie faktore voorkom. Faktore wat bydra tot die ontwikkeling van kliniese depressie sluit in swak voeding, onvoldoende slaap, onophoudelike geestelike stres, onvoldoende rus, dehidrasie, onopgeloste trauma, dwelmmisbruik, sekere medikasie, eksistensiële angs, verhoudingskonflik of verlies, ongesonde spiritualiteit, fisiese siektes van verskillende soorte, negatiewe denkpatrone, sosiale isolasie, en meer.

Maar daar is goeie nuus – kliniese depressie is behandelbaar! En die beste behandelingsuitkomste vind plaas wanneer ‘n holistiese benadering gevolg word en die onderliggende bydraende faktore geïdentifiseer en opgelos word.

Alhoewel dit goeie nuus is dat die stigma wat verband hou met depressie afgeneem het namate meer mense besef dat kliniese depressie ‘n ernstige mediese toestand is, en nie ‘n geestelike probleem of morele swakheid nie, moet ons versigtig wees om nie alle neerdrukkende ervarings as klinies verkeerd te interpreteer nie. Met ander woorde, nie alle depressie is klinies nie. Nie elke emosionele toestand waarin ‘n persoon gevoelens van depressie, hartseer, tranerigheid, moedeloosheid, hopeloosheid en moedeloosheid ervaar, is as gevolg van ‘n hele brein/liggaamsiekte nie. Soms is die depressiewe bui die gepaste emosionele toestand vir ‘n neerdrukkende gebeurtenis of ervaring en die onaangename bui is deel van ‘n aanpasbare reaksie wat bedoel is om die persoon te motiveer om die ontstellende lewensgebeurtenis aan te spreek en dit te oorkom. Wanneer ‘n depressiewe bui te wyte is aan ‘n omstandigheids gebeurtenis, is die pad vorentoe om deur die gebeurtenis te werk, eerder as om die gevoel te probeer wegneem, hetsy met ‘n farmaseutiese middel, alkohol en onwettige dwelms.

‘n Klassieke voorbeeld van hierdie tipe depressiewe bui is die depressie wat tydens hartseer voorkom. Normale hartseer word geassosieer met depressiewe bui, maar die behandeling is nie ‘n antidepressante nie, maar werk eerder deur die hartseer en kom tot “aanvaarding”. Eers wanneer die verlies verwerk word, kom die individu tot ‘n “aanvaarbare” interne perspektief, en daar is ‘n opklaring van die verlies, en los die depressiewe bui op.

Hartseer dien as ‘n goeie voorbeeld van die depressiewe buie wat nie klinies is nie. Soos byvoorbeeld: Depressiewe bui in die nadraai van ‘n verbreekte verhouding, nadat ‘n persoon nie tot die nagraadse skool aanvaar is nie, nadat hy oorgeslaan is vir ‘n bevordering, of nadat hy ‘n finansiële verlies gely het, is ander voorbeelde van nie-kliniese depressie. Die depressiewe buie wat verband hou met die lewe se seer, verliese, teleurstellings en stryd is nie dieselfde as kliniese depressie nie, en dit word nie opgelos met biologiese behandelings (medikasie) nie. Hierdie disforiese buie verdwyn wanneer die probleem wat die disforie veroorsaak, deurgewerk word en ‘n nuwe, aanvaarbare en gesonde begrip verkry word. Die depressiewe buie as gevolg van ontstellende situasies is ontwerp om ons te motiveer om betrokke te raak, deur die hindernis te worstel en die moeilikheid te oorkom.

Die apostel Paulus het geskryf,

“Al kry ons nou baie swaar, vat dit glad nie ons blydskap weg nie. Allesbehalwe. Ons weet mos dat swaarkry ons vorm en slyp om nog meer op God te vertrou. En wanneer ons onverskrokke op God vertrou, help dit ons om ’n sterk Christelike karakter te vorm. En ’n sterk Christelike karakter maak dat ons deur dik en dun glo dat God se nuwe wêreld op ons wag. Wanneer ons al ons hoop op God stel, sal ons nooit teleurgesteld wees nie. Want Hy vul ons lewens elke dag met sy liefde. Dit doen Hy deur die Heilige Gees wat by ons bly” (Romeine 5:3-5 DB’06).

Bybelvoorbeelde van mense met omstandigheids depressie, wat slegs opgelos is deur die omstandighede van die situasie te hanteer, sluit in:

  • Koning Dawid nadat hy deur Natan gekonfronteer is en die verlies van sy baba ervaar het
  • Die apostel Petrus nadat hy Jesus met vloek ontken het en toe uitgegaan en bitterlik gehuil het

Soms sal mense, eerder as om deur hul omstandigheids depressie te werk, hulle egter eerder tot middels, histories gewoonlik alkohol, wend om hul emosionele pyn te verdoof. Ander sal weghardloop in verskeie vorme van ontvlugting, soos vermaak of werkverslawing. Maar hierdie keuses sal die probleem net laat toeneem – en dit kan selfs tot kliniese depressie lei as die poging om dit te hanteer objektief ongesond is, bv. ontkoppeling in liggaamlike oefening, of die eet van “trooskos”, ens.

Omdat omstandigheids en kliniese depressie dikwels in die onmiddellike oomblik soortgelyk lyk – ‘n persoon met enige soort kan hartseer, tranerigheid, moedeloos wees; spreek hopeloosheid uit; ontkoppel van normale aktiwiteite; het verswakte konsentrasievermoë; ervaar verlies aan eetlus; slaap nie lekker nie; gevoelens van waardeloosheid het, en selfs selfmoord oorweeg – kan misverstand, verwarring en verkeerde diagnose voorkom wat tot skade kan lei of doeltreffende behandeling kan vertraag.

As ‘n persoon met kliniese depressie beskou word as net ‘n omstandigheids depressiewe bui, kan hulle effektiewe behandeling vertraag word en langer ly as wat hulle andersins sou gedoen het as hulle vroeër behandeling gesoek het. Erger nog, goedbedoelde familie en vriende, wat gesien het hoe mense met omstandigheids depressie beter word met aanmoediging, gebed, probleemoplossing en die aanspreek van die objektiewe kwessie, kan glo dat alle depressie bloot van omstandighede afhang en/of geestelik is en beweer dat die persoon met kliniese depressie net hoef te bid of meer geloof hoef te hê om gesond te word. Sulke bewerings kan veroorsaak dat die persoon met kliniese depressie se behandeling effektief vertraag word, wat die lyding vergroot, maar daardie familie en vriende sal ook ‘n nuwe laag geestelike angs byvoeg – die leuen dat die depressiewe persoon nie genoeg geloof het nie of dat mediese behandeling ‘n gebrek aan geloof is, wat valse skuldgevoelens byvoeg, stresbane aktiveer, en inflammasie verhoog, wat bydra tot meer kliniese depressie.

 

WAT KAN JY DOEN?

As jy jouself in ‘n oomblik van ‘n depressiewe bui bevind – hartseer, moedeloos, tranerig – vra jouself af:

  • Is dit omstandigheids depressie? Is dit as gevolg van ‘n werklike verlies, ‘n teleurstelling, ‘n besering? Is dit iets waardeur ek moet worstel wat my sal help om te ontwikkel?
  • Of is hierdie depressiewe bui iets meer? Is dit kliniese depressie, ‘n fisiologiese verlies aan funksie wat weke lank voortduur ten spyte van my bereidwilligheid en begeerte om deur die lewensuitdagings te werk?

As die depressie klinies is, moenie moedeloos wees nie – soek professionele behandeling, want kliniese depressie is behandelbaar!

Professionele kliniese behandeling is egter ook voordelig vir omstandigheids depressie, veral as die depressie nie vinnig opgelos word nie. Dit is net dat omstandigheids depressie nie met biologiese middele behandel word nie, maar deur die persoon te help om die oorsaak van hul depressie op te los.

Ek het pasiënte gehad met omstandigheids depressie waarvoor geen medikasie sou help nie, maar hulle het nie geweet hoe om deur hul omstandighede te werk nie, so hulle het baie baat gevind by professionele berading wat hulle gehelp het om dinge vanuit ‘n nuwe perspektief te sien, nuwe insigte te leer en nuwe hanteringsvaardighede aan te leer wat hulle op hul omstandighede kon toepas, wat gelei het tot die oplossing van die depressie.

Ongeag of die depressie klinies of as gevolg van omstandighede is – albei is ernstig, albei belemmer normale funksionering, albei ondermyn welstand – albei is uiteindelik behandelbaar. Moet dus nooit toegee aan hopeloosheid nie, maar as jy met hopeloosheid versoek word, as jy nie verligting van die depressie vind nie, soek professionele behandeling om die oorsaak van die depressie te identifiseer en te behandel.

Depressie is behandelbaar, daar is hoop, daar is genesing – so moet nooit moed opgee nie!


As iemand wat jy ken met depressie sukkel en selfhelphulpbronne nie genoeg is nie, en professionele behandeling nie gelei het tot die verbetering wat hulle wil hê nie, kan jy hulle laat weet van Honey Lake Clinic (HLC), waar ek die mediese direkteur van die volwasse program is. HLC is ‘n holistiese, Christelike geestesgesondheidsresidensiële behandelingsprogram wat poog om die verskillende oorsake van depressie te identifiseer en op te los – hetsy biologies, sielkundig, relasioneel of geestelik. Ons is hier om te help!

 

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