First of all, I can confirm that there is no single cause of depression.

It can happen for many

reasons and has many different causes. It could be due to family history, pregnancy and

childbirth, or illness. But today we will just learn together the most common causes of

depression today

The first cause is life pressure. In adults, the older they get, the more responsibilities they have to

shoulder, such as responsibilities to family, society, etc. Many adults experience peer pressure

and money pressure when they see everyone around they being stable. Or in this era where

money is devalued, adults are forced to try harder to have a fuller, happier life. This causes them

to become stressed, and lead to depression. But not only adults, but children today are also

susceptible to depression. They are forced to study more, to meet their parents' expectations such

as passing a top school, being an excellent student,… these causing children to be to study, even

pressured to achieve parents' expectations. Not only that, children today are also susceptible to

peer pressure when they are always compared to others or a character, we all know as "other

people's children". These comparisons hurt children, forcing them to become perfect and

forgetting their strengths.

The next reason is stress. Stress is a part of all our lives. Nearly every one of us can be stressed
and depressed by certain life events. In the past stress have been an uncaring or abusive parent.
Lack of parental care may result in the child developing low self-esteem and thus being
vulnerable to develop depression in adult life. It’s also can be difficult life events. Most people
who develop depression usually describe an important and understandable life event that
occurred before the depression started. The events that are most likely to ‘trigger’ depression are
ones where self-esteem is put at risk, compromised or devalued such as the break-up of a
relationship, divorce or losing your job.
The last reason is biochemical factors. In all types of depression, it is likely that the transmission
of serotonin is reduced or disrupted. In people with more severe depression, other
neurotransmitter pathways such as those for serotonin, norepinephrine and dopamine are also
likely to be functioning abnormally. Research has also shown that cells in some parts of the brain
can shrink when people are depressed. It’s included smaller frontal lobes and hippocampal
volumes.

But now scientist still don’t have a complete picture of what causes depression