Will A Shrinking Brain Cause Me More Depression?

I experience chronic depression everyday and it says from a countless number of sources that depression shrinks the brain.

They say that this shrinkage can cause even more psychiatric problems. This information disturbs me and I wish to know that if in the future my depression gets worse, is it due to the fact that my brain has shrunk (for example, the shrinking of the prefrontal cortex)?

And will this shrinkage cause me even more depression? Has it been proven that brain shrinkage will cause you more depression if you already have chronic depression?

That's a new one for me, MattMVS7! Having never heard that before, I can't imagine that it might be true.

Depression certainly feels as if it's shrinking the emotions, but it can be alleviated.

Strangely enough, I've read that two of the foods we ingest have more to do with
brain damage than is generally known; they are caffeine and wheat.

Caffeine affects the frontal lobes of the brain just behind and above the eyes--if one is sensitive to caffeine it should be removed from the diet.

Wheat can cause dementia. It has other influences, as well. Wheat, barley, rye, and possibly oats contain gluten which has been re-engineered in the 20th century and is being researched now strongly for detrimental effects on the human body. For example, there is a substance called endorphins in gluten that acts on the opiate centers of the brain causing addiction---once every 2 to 3 hours we need a second shot of wheat! It raises blood glucose levels higher than sugar does, and it causes multiple illnesses in those sensitive to it.

Two sources for information on these things are the following:

Dr. David Williams' new book called Wheat Belly lays out the known information about the dangers of wheat in our diets.

http://www.DoctorYourself.com is the best website for caffeine sensitivity injury.

(Please go down the left-hand column until you see an article called "Caffeine Allergy" by Ruth Whalen. That is astounding regarding the damage caffeine can do to those who are sensitive to it.)

I haven't quite heard of that, I know apparently long term depression can cause some damage to the brain...but I don't know that it actually decreases the brain matter to that kind of extent. I imagine damage it can do can certainly make the depression worse, or maybe prevent it from being cured not entirely sure though.

But yeah it kinda bothers me to since as far as I know I've had depression for at least 16 years if not even longer and I have other issues so it is a bit concerning...that long term depression actually damages the brain which in my opinion makes it a bit more than a chemical imbalance after a while.