Comments on: Two Separate Studies Find Common Link for Depression

By: Trinnie Cash

Trinnie Cash — Thu, 09 Jun 2011 07:58:40 +0000

Mental health is very difficult to measure. There are people who can go skydiving, but suffer from arachnophobia. Throwing themselves out of a plane at tens of thousands of feet doesn’t scare them one bit yet a tiny spider can.

Some can be very fragile like you said, and what appears to be an inconsequential event to you can cause them to have a nervous breakdown.

We shouldn’t underestimate mental health issues nor their impact. Everybody’s different.

By: jsephine camon

jsephine camon — Mon, 06 Jun 2011 22:11:11 +0000

I think depression is more spiritual than genetic. Is there a link between the genetic and spiritual being that we should try to understand?

By: frankcrawford

frankcrawford — Thu, 26 May 2011 04:44:18 +0000

Even if there are genetic factors, I’m steadfast in my belief that they are very minor at best.

I refuse to believe that genetics can make a man spontaneously suffer from depression after minor stress just because it’s genetic. It’s ridiculous to assume a man could be that mentally fragile when he is otherwise healthy.

By: gabrielle a.

gabrielle a. — Tue, 24 May 2011 07:04:44 +0000

I was skeptical for a while on any link, thinking it was purely environmental and some people were just that much more vulnerable.

I guess those studies have demonstrated that I was wrong and there is one between depression and smoking after all. I stand corrected.

By: Amy

Amy — Mon, 23 May 2011 11:54:53 +0000

I smoke and I get depressed every time I resolve to quit and I can’t. Connection there?

By: HavocJaws

HavocJaws — Mon, 23 May 2011 06:54:19 +0000

Is depression communicable? I’ve observed that being with my uncle makes me depressed and seethings differently-in a more negative manner than I ever would. He is a depressed person who lives alone and just a visit to his place makes me feel depressed and sad. Is this possible or am I just feeling it that way because I think he is depressed all the time?

By: rosemary meadows

rosemary meadows — Mon, 23 May 2011 02:24:23 +0000

Isn’t it also a possibility that somebody who is depressed smokes, instead of smoking being a cause of depression?

I smoke when I get stressed out but it doesn’t make me depressed at all. With all due respect, I feel they have that part backwards.

By: Shelby T. Jones

Shelby T. Jones — Sun, 22 May 2011 03:56:33 +0000

Does this mean that we can wind up with gene therapy for depression? We’re really advancing by leaps and bounds nowadays.

Also, I’m giving up smoking.I’ve decided. If it causes depression along with throat cancer then it’s given me more than enough reasons to drop the habit. I’ve been meaning to for ages and this has given me that extra nudge to attempt it. Thank you!

By: rachel

rachel — Sat, 21 May 2011 13:37:04 +0000

Not only could this do a lot of good with helping those who suffer with depression but could also be very helpful in helping those who have tried a lot of different ways to stop smoking maybe come up with a way to overcome this addiction. I know that there are things in the environment that encourage people to pick up habits like these but I have always thought that maybe genetics had to play a role too. You know some people can do something in a social setting and be ok while others pick it up one time and they are hooked. That right there tells me that there has to be some role marker to make these kinds of differences.

By: B STEWART

B STEWART — Sat, 21 May 2011 02:11:13 +0000

Give two individuals the same bad situation and it is very likely that they will react differently to it, their delressed levels will be different too. This has been true for a very long time but it’s always good to have scientific facts to back it up.

By: Jen

Jen — Fri, 20 May 2011 11:42:19 +0000

the bad thing is that for many depressed people smoking is their only comfort

By: jemma

jemma — Fri, 20 May 2011 02:14:44 +0000

so some people do have it easy when it comes to depression..I just hope their treatment isn’t any more complex or more difficult than others!

By: Charlotte

Charlotte — Thu, 19 May 2011 11:29:24 +0000

So if those dna similarities and connections really do seem to be apparent then what is the likelihood that there will be some sort of testing for this in the future? Are people really going to want to know that they are predisposed to being a smoky joe who is perpetually depressed? I would think that this would bring up whole new issues of self fulfilling prophecies and not in such a good way.

By: POLE STAR

POLE STAR — Thu, 19 May 2011 02:05:24 +0000

Recently there have been a lot of researches that have been successful in identifying the DNA region or the particular gene for a particular aspect of a person,like depression here.My question is how exactly is this helpful?I’m pretty sure we are quite a few decades away from actually modifying these things within a person,or maybe even a foetus!

By: Amelia S. D.

Amelia S. D. — Thu, 19 May 2011 01:56:58 +0000

I have always believed there is a genetic link to depression and that it’s hereditary.

I suffer from it, as does my brother and my mother. We suspect our grandmother did too although she was never diagnosed as such. In those days it wasn’t as well known.

This gives me hope that the hereditary connection will also be proven in the not so far away future. Thank you!

By: Peggy Harrison

Peggy Harrison — Wed, 18 May 2011 23:57:12 +0000

That’s excellent news. The more we can join the dots so to speak, the more improved our chances become every day of finding a permanent cure for depression.

We should all give pats on the back to the researchers on both depression studies for uncovering such a valuable link.

By: ginny

ginny — Wed, 18 May 2011 11:31:31 +0000

Well if that is not reason enough to give up the smoking habit then I do not know what is!