What are the causes of depression?

　　When it comes to depression, many of you should have heard of it as well. Nowadays there are many people who commit suicide because of depression. That's why it is said that there are more dangers associated with depression. Therefore we should be proactive in our normal life to prevent it. Then we should also have an understanding of the causes of depression.

　　1, genetic factors: if there are patients with depression in the family, then the risk of family members suffering from this disease is higher, which may be the genetic cause of depression susceptibility is elevated. The heritability of bipolar depression is higher. However, not everyone with a family history of depression will get depression, and not everyone with depression has a family history of depression, which suggests that heredity is not the only determinant of the disease.

　　2, biochemical factors: evidence suggests that disorders of biochemical substances in the brain are important factors in the development of depression. It is now known that depression patients have a variety of neurotransmitter disorders in the brain; the sleep patterns of depressed patients are very different from normal people. In addition, specific drugs can cause or aggravate depression, and some hormones have the effect of changing mood.

　　3, environmental factors and stress: the death of a close relative, loss of love, interpersonal tension, financial difficulties, or a dramatic change in lifestyle, all of which can promote depression. Sometimes the occurrence of depression and physical diseases, some serious physical diseases, such as stroke, heart attack, hormone disorders often trigger depression, and make the original disease worse. In addition, 1/3 of depressed patients have substance abuse problems.

　　4, personality factors: people with the following personality traits are prone to depression: pessimism, poor self-confidence, poor grasp of life events, excessive worry. These personality traits can aggravate the stimulation of psychological stressful events and interfere with the individual's handling of events. Most of these personality traits are developed during childhood and adolescence, a period of purposeful trauma that is highly influential.

　　These are the common symptoms of depression. From the above, we can realize that environmental factors can lead to depression. And personality is also a common way to cause depression, so when suffering from depression, patients should actively find ways to go to treatment. In this way, the harm can be avoided.