Addiction and depression are co-related. Many people take up drinking or drugs just to escape from depression. Before we understand the relation between the two, it is better to understand the concepts of two in brief;
Depression is a state of the mind when a person gets terrible feelings. In this condition, usually patients feel very negative also known as blues for more than at least two weeks. Depression can happen due to a number of reasons such as anxiety, excess thinking, trauma and such others. A depressed person may not get interest in any activity. Sometimes, patients may not be able to come out of the bed due to excess depression.
Signs of Depression:
Extreme mood swings. Some days feeling too low and some days feeling too high or happy
No interest in activities that they used to like earlier
Gaining or losing a noticeable amount of weight
Felling too tired to do your casual works
Guilt or worthless feeling
Trouble in concentrating or focusing on anything
Thoughts of suicides and death
Depression is a bad situation that develops the feelings of weakness in a person. Hence, many people move towards taking drugs or alcohol to retain their composure or mood. According to them, taking alcohol in excess is the easiest way to run away from dreadful feelings.
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