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The internal factors of
depression are psychological characteristics
that can increase the risk of developing
depression. It can be ordinary nervousness,
a very negative way of thinking or
a passive behavioural pattern.
Ordinary
nervousness
Your
tendency to becoming nervous depends
both on your heredity and environment.
Nervousness is like other personality
traits determined both by your genes
and your personal development. If
you are emotionally easily moved and
vulnerable, you are at greater risk
of becoming depressed.
If
you have a tendency to react with
strong negative feelings, you can
easily get completely down and out
emotionally when you are subjected
to external strains like divorce or
getting the sack. If you are generally
very nervous, you need to avoid environmental
strains and stressful influences in
order not to increase the risk of
developing depression.
A
very negative way of thinking
A
negative way of thinking means that
you are inclined to think in a negative
and pessimistic way, especially when
you are up against adversity.
If
you have a negative way of thinking,
it is especially marked by three things:
- An inclination
to take the blame for unpleasant
events.
- An inclination
to believe that unfortunate events
spread to large parts of life.
- A belief that
nothing will improve. You believe
that you will be subjected to
unpleasant events for the rest
of your life.
A
new American study has shown that
young men with a negative way of thinking
had a 16 times greater risk of becoming
depressed compared to others.
Passive
behavioral pattern
It
is called a passive behavioural pattern
when you react to adversity by
- coming to a
complete stop
- giving up solving
the problems
- escaping the
problems
The
risk of becoming depressed would be
smaller if, in your childhood (or
later), you learned how to solve problems,
i.e. being active instead of passive.
One way of solving problems is to
talk about them.
But
if you have a passive response pattern,
it might be a result of negative
thinking. Perhaps you often tell
yourself: "I can't do anything
anyway". And the reason you think
this way might be because you haven't
learned how to solve life's problems
in an active and constructive way.
A
low or unstable self-esteem (which
fluctuates up and down in line with
prosperity and adversity) can also
increase the risk of developing depression.
The same applies to people with a
high degree of emotional dependence
on other people or people who generally
don't have trust in other people.
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