Depression is a mental disorder characterized by decreased mood.
INFERTILITY DEPRESSION: A REALITY
Many couples have plans for their life, among which is that of being parents. However, if after several years of trying it has not been possible to achieve a pregnancy, depression due to infertility is common.
In the case of a couple, the desire to start a family is replaced by depression due to infertility, because their longed-for dream and the peak of their relationship begins to fade.
Couples with infertility depression require a specialist to diagnose their fertility problem. Difficult situations often occur that cause discouragement and hopelessness, but when this becomes a permanent state we are talking about depression.
WHAT IS DEPRESSION?
Depression is a mental disorder characterized by a decrease in mood, loss of interest in the activities that were previously enjoyed, and even at the brain level, there is a biochemical imbalance of various substances such as serotonin, which explains the graduate psychologist. from the UNAM and specialist in cognitive behavioral therapy, Alfonso Andrés Fernández Medina.
To detect depression due to infertility, you have to know how to distinguish sadness, which is a passing feeling, from depression as a medical condition. After a time of being sad, joy recovers. However, in depression, hopelessness and demotivation do not go away no matter how good news is received.
SYMPTOMS
The main symptoms of depression include apathy or a lack of desire to live, which sometimes interfere with the ability to work, study, eat or sleep. This type of person usually feels fatigued almost every day.
Couples who have been diagnosed with infertility experience difficult moments that cause anxiety, stress, tension, relationship breakdowns, decreased desire and sexual contact; among other aspects, so the relationship can lose its essence.
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