What we can’t all seem to agree with nevertheless, is what this illness does to a person’s capability to think reason and perceive. The problem in coming to an agreement here lies in the many causes and physical reactions to depression.

Common cause of depression include biochemical elements, severs stress, a sense of hopelessness, insufficient sunlight and irrational thinking. The biochemical elements and sunlight are physical and environmental conditions that may be remedied with prescribed drugs or light exposure.

What however can a person do regarding stress and feelings of hopelessness, and are these conditions causes of depression or symptoms of depression. It’s within the limits of the medical profession that conversations like this have raged for many years.

Some researchers think that stress and feelings of overwhelming hopelessness causes depression, whilst other people think they are symptoms of depression. Research performed supports both conclusions. Further studies have supported lent even more support to the evidence that stress, changes in expectancies, and irrational or hopeless thoughts are a result of depression, not a cause.

But what impact does depression have on our ability to think and reason? Do all our thoughts turn out to be illogical and negative? Not all depressed persons encounter the same modifications in their thoughts, however do all depressed persons experience a few change in the thought process? Questions such as these are hotly debated even now, with all the wealth of info available to scientists and doctors.

The brain is such a complex machine, that understanding of the processes and the ability to relate particular processes to the application of the masses is slow to come.

Generally the depressed individual sees the cup as half empty, not half full. That’s not to say that some of the population, without any proof of depression will still see the cup as half empty. Can you see the difficulty of the situation here? There are lots of symptoms of depression that exist even within the minds of individuals with no evidence of depression. How do scientists and doctors differentiate, for the purpose of setting clear guidelines? I don’t believe they can.

I believe our thought process is like a fingerprint. Everyone’s is different in some way. No two people will be the same in their thoughts, or in their ability to act on those thoughts. Treatments for illogical and depressed thoughts will always be a tailor-made situation.