ression lifts. An anxiety attack is a feeling of intense fear for no apparent reason, as if being tied up to a railroad tracks when the train is approaching. A series of physical symptoms usually accompany anxiety attacks, such as heart palpitations, dizziness, sweating ("ever sweaty palms" sickness is not a depression syndrome), chest pains and shortness of breath. Feeling of guilt also occurs in a third of depressed people, often because of some failure of minor mistake many years ago. They feel they should expect punishment for these imagined mistakes or failures. (like suddenly feeling sorry for cheating in high school math test when you are thirty years old!)Common causes - bullying or abuse-loss of a friend or relative-substantial disappointment at home or at work-prolonged or chronic illness-drugs such as tranquilizers, high blood pressure medicines, steroids (prednisone), codeine, and indomethacin-alcohol/drugs intoxication and withdrawal- childhood memoriesThere are other causes of depression. This list is not all inclusive, and the causes are not presented in order of likelihood. The causes of this symptom can include unlikely diseases and medications. Furthermore, the causes may vary based on age and gender of the affected person, as well as on the specific characteristics of the symptom such as quality, time course, aggravating factors, relieving factors, and associated complaints. Even media plays a big role in depression. Magazines and TV shows create an image of perfect bodies: slim women with big breasts and guys with all their muscles visible... People tend to think that they are rejected or uncomplete unless they have this body type. Nowadays media creates an image of what's "cool". Excessive amounts of sex on TV make people desperate and cause them to have low self oppinion because "looks like everyone does it except for me, I must be ugly".WHAT KINDS OF PEOPLE ARE AFFECTED? Major depression occurs in all groups of pe...
