{"id":12671,"date":"2017-03-17T23:56:36","date_gmt":"2017-03-17T18:26:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/yourdost.com\/blog\/?p=12671"},"modified":"2017-03-20T19:11:25","modified_gmt":"2017-03-20T13:41:25","slug":"tejal-fought-reactive-depression-to-emerge-stronger-wiser","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yourdost.com\/blog\/2017\/03\/tejal-fought-reactive-depression-to-emerge-stronger-wiser.html","title":{"rendered":"Tejal Fought Reactive Depression To Emerge Stronger &#038; Wiser"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>She is a student of a prestigious college in India and her story starts in January 2017. Tejal had a severe panic attack &amp; her crying spells didn\u2019t seem to stop for weeks. A psychiatrist diagnosed her with Reactive Depression. When her father heard of this, he commented about depressed girls having trouble finding suitable matches for marriage.<\/p>\n<div style=\"margin: 20px 5px 20px 5px; padding: 10px 10px 10px 10px; background-repeat: no-repeat; text-align: left; font-size: 18px; color: #26a69a; font-style: italic;\"><b>\u201cI felt so low. Was I born only to get married? Should a person always be happy to be considered normal?\u201d<\/b><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The doctor blamed her failure to clear the UPSC exam twice, as the reason for her depression. She was a bright student in school with excellent grades and was the apple of her teachers\u2019 eyes. Unsurprisingly, she was \u00a0under pressure to deliver.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/yourdost-blog-images.s3-ap-southeast-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/17235533\/dep-story6-innerimg.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12673\" src=\"http:\/\/yourdost-blog-images.s3-ap-southeast-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/17235533\/dep-story6-innerimg.jpg\" alt=\"dep-story6-innerimg\" width=\"1500\" height=\"1000\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The real struggle started when opinions of relatives started pouring in. They dismissed her depression simply as work pressure taking its toll, and discouraged her from taking antidepressants as they were addictive. This got to her and she stopped taking her medication after only 4 days. <\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"margin: 20px 5px 20px 5px; padding: 10px 10px 10px 10px; background-repeat: no-repeat; text-align: left; font-size: 18px; color: #26a69a; font-style: italic;\"><b>\u201cIn India, there are many people to give you advice. People think depression is just a feeling of being sad and an outing will fix it. But depression is NOT that\u201c<\/b><\/div>\n<p>Things didn\u2019t get any better.She consulted a psychologist. The psychologist\u2019s thoughts always conflicted with Tejal\u2019s opinions which confused her a lot and didn\u2019t help her case.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">She searched for better professional help &amp; found closure in the form of a homeopathy doctor who counselled her and advised her to remain active, both physically and emotionally. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It dawned upon Tejal that she had completely sacrificed her personal space. There was no \u2018me time\u2019 for her. Henceforth, she resolved to devote some time everyday to \u00a0things that she loves. She kept herself motivated &amp; is now in the \u2018pursuit for happiness\u2019. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Her advice to everyone who suffers from depression is : <\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"margin: 20px 5px 20px 5px; padding: 10px 10px 10px 10px; background-repeat: no-repeat; text-align: left; font-size: 18px; color: #26a69a; font-style: italic;\"><b>\u201cYou don&#8217;t have to come out of depression. Instead, you have to let the depression go out from you, without losing your patience.\u201d <\/b><\/div>\n<p><strong>Are you going through Depression? Get Personalised guidance and support from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.yourdost.com\/talkItOut?yd_source=YDBlog&amp;yd_medium=InternalLinking&amp;yd_content=StoryTheDreadedDWord_campaign=BlogPostPromotion\">Experts at YourDOST<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>She is a student of a prestigious college in India and her story starts in January 2017. 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