Depression: Signs and Symptoms
Mental Illness: Depression
Depression a serious medical condition in which a person feels very sad, hopeless, unimportant, anger without enthusiasm, and often is unable to live in a normal life.
Each person is different and will have unique symptoms, but here are some of the more common symptoms of depression:
>Feeling of sadness and loss:
Feeling that life is not worth living or worth the effort to even maintain their appearance or hygiene. They may believe that a negative situation will never change and be pessimistic about their future
>Feelings of guilt and worthlessness:
Low self esteem and guilt assuming blame for negative events or circumstances. You may feel like a failure and have negative views about their competence and self-worth. You feel as if you are not "good enough."
>Changes in weight or appetite:
Depression affects the appetite in one way or another. Often, you just lose interest in eating because the food has no taste. When anxiety is high, you may not be able to eat. In some cases, however, people will overeat out of frustration or misery.
>Changes in sleeping patterns like insomnia:
Sleep disturbances are common symptoms of depression. A “good night’s sleep” becomes virtually impossible. Many people complain of waking up in the middle of the night with their mind racing, wondering how they are going to overcome all of the obstacles before them. Others do little other than sleep but never feel rested. In both cases, the built up fatigue can aggravate every other aspect of depression.
>Reduces ability to think clearly or make decisions:
It affects your ability to make decisions, think clearly, perform complicated tasks, concentrate, and remember things. You may feel that you don’t remember things that you did before, that you cannot focus on your work, or that you are unable to make decisions
>Anxiety:
A feeling of worry, nervousness, or unease about something with an uncertain outcome.
>Recurring thoughts of suicide or
Depression a serious medical condition in which a person feels very sad, hopeless, unimportant, anger without enthusiasm, and often is unable to live in a normal life.
Each person is different and will have unique symptoms, but here are some of the more common symptoms of depression:
>Feeling of sadness and loss:
Feeling that life is not worth living or worth the effort to even maintain their appearance or hygiene. They may believe that a negative situation will never change and be pessimistic about their future
>Feelings of guilt and worthlessness:
Low self esteem and guilt assuming blame for negative events or circumstances. You may feel like a failure and have negative views about their competence and self-worth. You feel as if you are not "good enough."
>Changes in weight or appetite:
Depression affects the appetite in one way or another. Often, you just lose interest in eating because the food has no taste. When anxiety is high, you may not be able to eat. In some cases, however, people will overeat out of frustration or misery.
>Changes in sleeping patterns like insomnia:
Sleep disturbances are common symptoms of depression. A “good night’s sleep” becomes virtually impossible. Many people complain of waking up in the middle of the night with their mind racing, wondering how they are going to overcome all of the obstacles before them. Others do little other than sleep but never feel rested. In both cases, the built up fatigue can aggravate every other aspect of depression.
>Reduces ability to think clearly or make decisions:
It affects your ability to make decisions, think clearly, perform complicated tasks, concentrate, and remember things. You may feel that you don’t remember things that you did before, that you cannot focus on your work, or that you are unable to make decisions
>Anxiety:
A feeling of worry, nervousness, or unease about something with an uncertain outcome.
>Recurring thoughts of suicide or