Symptoms of depression

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Stress can lead to you to feeling 'down' and 'miserable'. What is different about a depressive illness is that these feelings last for weeks or months, rather than days.

In addition to feeling low most or all of the time, many other symptoms can occur in depressive illness (though not everybody has every one).
  • Being unable to gain pleasure from activities that normally would be pleasurable.
  • Losing interest in normal activities, hobbies and everyday life.
  • Feeling tired all of the time and having no energy.
  • Difficulty sleeping or waking early in the morning (though some feel that they can't get out of bed and 'face the world').
  • Having a poor appetite, no interest in food and losing weight (though some people overeat and put on weight  'comfort eating').
  • Losing interest in sex.
  • Finding it difficult to concentrate and think straight.
  • Feeling restless, tense and anxious.
  • Being irritable.
  • Losing self-confidence.
  • Avoiding other people.
  • Finding it harder than usual to make decisions.
  • Feeling useless and inadequate - 'a waste of space'.
  • Feeling guilty about who you are and what you have done.
  • Feeling hopeless - that nothing will make things better.
  • Thinking about suicide - this is very common. If you feel this way, talk to somebody about it. If you think somebody else might be thinking this way, ask them about it - it will not make them more likely to commit suicide.

Comments

  1. neXtGenJanuary 27, 2012 at 6:24 PM

    Depression is horrible. Good info.

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  2. zabuzarJanuary 27, 2012 at 8:17 PM

    Thanks for the post. One of my close friends was suffering from depresion. Lucky he didnt do anything stupid

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  3. Alucard0691January 27, 2012 at 8:55 PM

    I sometimes feel depressed and then I think of better things and how my life is going actually quite well. I only helps sometimes though.

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  4. DEZMONDJanuary 27, 2012 at 9:12 PM

    depression is probably the most widespread of the psychological illnesses. And it is often more of a personality trait than a medical problem.

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  5. BartJanuary 27, 2012 at 11:16 PM

    phew, I'm not depressed.

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  6. TeddiJanuary 28, 2012 at 12:04 AM

    yes depression is a real thing that is overlooked my many as simply a bad mood. as for fixing the templates on my blog, my guy & i fought with the computer. the computer won.

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  7. DAILYESJanuary 28, 2012 at 12:27 AM

    I am happy then :D

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  8. Misha GerrickJanuary 28, 2012 at 1:28 AM

    I don't think I've ever gotten as far as depression, but I had anxiety disorder, which brought me very close to being diagnosed.

    It's definitely not a place I want to go to ever again.

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  9. justjoeJanuary 28, 2012 at 2:18 AM

    I think I'm good, if those are the criteria. :) I'll be sure to help people if they show the signs though.

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  10. AnonymousJanuary 28, 2012 at 3:43 AM

    hmm I just thought I was lazy, but now I think I might be depressed...

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  11. Windsmoke.January 28, 2012 at 4:09 AM

    I always look on the bright side of life so i don't get depressed :-).

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  12. AnonymousJanuary 28, 2012 at 4:28 AM

    yes
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    yes

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  13. Ed PilollaJanuary 28, 2012 at 4:42 AM

    it's a rampant condition in our society, like some other surging diseases. i've had to deal with clinical depression twice within the last ten years. don't you get the feeling it is an extraordinary event to feel good in today's culture, and simply not be depressed? i sure do. it's a major accomplishment given the injustice in our world.

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  14. AnonymousJanuary 28, 2012 at 5:25 AM

    :(

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  15. BaurJanuary 28, 2012 at 6:32 AM

    Neat blog following ;)!!!

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  16. Jayanthy KumaranJanuary 28, 2012 at 8:38 AM

    thanks for the interesting post
    Tasty Appetite

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  17. Liz That Skinny Chick Can BakeJanuary 28, 2012 at 9:50 AM

    Great information! You are doing a great service by sharing all the signs/symptoms.

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  18. El3kTr0January 28, 2012 at 7:21 PM

    Hello peeeps!!!! how are you bro?? i hope you are fine ;)

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  19. Dawn@Lighten Up!January 28, 2012 at 10:21 PM

    I have a theory that so many of us are depressed nowadays because we spend ALL OUR TIME indoors under fluorescent lights, and hardly any outside. It's just not normal.

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  20. Lord PhrozenJanuary 29, 2012 at 12:13 AM

    I do feel kinda hopeless right now. It can't be helped.

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  21. ShawJanuary 29, 2012 at 3:00 PM

    A lot of these symptoms sound familiar :\

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  22. DWeiJanuary 29, 2012 at 3:23 PM

    Yeah, this can be pretty serious. People should be more concerned if people they know suffer from these symptoms but there are still a lot of negative stereotypes associated with depression.

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  23. Content HedgehogJanuary 29, 2012 at 7:16 PM

    Boy, depression has a lot of different symptoms...

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  24. AstraJanuary 29, 2012 at 11:06 PM

    depression has a wide range of causes effects and symptoms

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  25. MelissaJanuary 31, 2012 at 3:36 PM

    Help For Depression Treatment
    I want to thankful to you on behalf of this post.

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  26. DonaelMarch 22, 2012 at 6:54 AM

    Nice post... I hate it when Ipm depressed...

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