Depression in the city — how to escape?

Did you know that laziness can also be a sign of depression? And also apathy, decreased motivation, melancholy and sadness, loss of taste for life and constant fatigue — all this gradually, and then suddenly begins to determine our condition… Now I hear such complaints all the time.

Time of year is an important reason, especially in northern regions. Less sunlight, cold, rain, this affects the physiology of the brain. “A sad time, the charm of the eyes” — this is from Pushkin. And here, when outside the windows there is a concrete jungle and dark clouds, and in the morning you have to go to work… it’s just a SAD TIME…

Your personality type is also important, because the tendency to depression is genetically determined. Depression can also be a consequence of a severe virus, for example, covid, flu or herpes, sore throat. The nervous system is very sensitive and it is quite difficult to recover from them.

The statistics on depression are scary. According to various estimates, this is 30–40% of the population, and the number of cases continues to grow. But this does not take into account people who do not seek help…

From 1990 to 2021, the level of the disease has almost doubled… And from the beginning of the century (1900) to the present day — more than 20 times!!! This is amazing.

It turns out that depression has many more causes than personality traits. The information age overloads the brain, leaving no time for adaptation. We constantly compare ourselves with standards from the Internet. We do not have time to adapt to lightning-fast…