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Hi. I was under severe mental trauma due to personal problems before three years. I had luscious long very very dense hair. After this trauma I started losing all of it slowly. Now there is only a quarter of my hair left. I'm losing my eyebrows too. One side of my temple is slowly receding and doctors suspect this is baldness. It has been a very difficult journey since then. To see my hair slowly going away. I even curb myself from going out. I'm not able to do any household chores since I always stand in front of the mirror and mourn about my changing face. I feel that all my beauty has gone. I feel worthless. Not even able to cry. I just sit there idle. Blank. I feel heart aches sometimes. Most of the times I feel as if my head is burning and then it leads to severe headache. I sometimes behave violently. When I see more hair especially during hair wash. Am I suffering from severe depression. This has taken a toll on my husband and my family. I'm newly married. Need your valuable advice.
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Dear Lybrate user. I can understand. Depressive disorder or depression is a neuro chemical disorder. You must be able to distinguish between mental disease and mental disorder. Your problem is a mental disorder. Not a mental disease. These mental disorders are usually treated with a combination of medicines and other means like awareness, meditation, Psychotherapy techniques, life style changes etc. Take care.
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