Depression May Change The Color Of Your World

Depression can cause a lot of changes to a victim who is suffering from the ailment. It can change their personality, their emotions, and their general feelings towards the world they live in. However, now research has shown that depression can even change the way a person physically perceives the world by dimming the world of it's beautiful color.

Researchers at the University of Freiburg in Germany have found that people who suffer from depression have a difficult time seeing the differences between the contrasts of black and white. Why this is happening in depressed individuals is still hard to figure out but many feel it has to do with the chemical composition of the brain. Others place the blame on the lack of focus that an individual who is depressed has and even feel that the subconscious mind can be at fault.

The study was conducted by having 40 depression victims and 40 healthy subjects go through various vision tests that had them view flickering black and white checkerboards. While this was happening the researchers tested the retina of the eye using an ECG (electrocardiogram). This showed that the depressed subjects had a much lower retinal response to the varying level of the black and white contrast pictures then the healthy subjects and helped the researchers come up with this theory.

This research can likely help medical professional treat other ailments of a depressed individual by unlocking new ways to bring the color back into a dreary world.