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Feeling down from time to time is a normal part of life, but when emotions such as hopelessness and despair take hold and just won’t go away, you may have depression.
More than just sadness in response to life’s struggles and setbacks, depression changes how you think, feel, and function in daily activities.
It can interfere with your ability to work, study, eat, sleep, and enjoy life. Just trying to get through the day can be overwhelming.
It can interfere with your ability to work, study, eat, sleep, and enjoy life. Just trying to get through the day can be overwhelming.
Signs:
Depression varies from person to person, but there are some common signs and symptoms.
Remember that these symptoms can be part of life’s normal lows.
But the more symptoms you have, the stronger they are, and the more likely it is that you’re dealing with depression.
Depression varies from person to person, but there are some common signs and symptoms.
Remember that these symptoms can be part of life’s normal lows.
But the more symptoms you have, the stronger they are, and the more likely it is that you’re dealing with depression.
1. Feelings of helplessness and hopelessness. A bleak outlook—nothing will ever get better and there’s nothing you can do to improve your situation.
2. Loss of interest in daily activities. You don’t care anymore about former hobbies, pastimes, social activities.
2. Loss of interest in daily activities. You don’t care anymore about former hobbies, pastimes, social activities.
3. Appetite or weight changes. Significant weight loss or weight gain—a change of more than 5% of body weight in a month.
4. Sleep changes. Either insomnia, especially waking in the early hours of the morning, or oversleeping.
4. Sleep changes. Either insomnia, especially waking in the early hours of the morning, or oversleeping.
5. Anger or irritability. Feeling agitated, restless, or even violent. Your tolerance level is low, your temper short, and everything and everyone gets on your nerves.
6. Loss of energy. Feeling fatigued, sluggish, and physically drained.
6. Loss of energy. Feeling fatigued, sluggish, and physically drained.
7. Self-loathing. Strong feelings of worthlessness or guilt. You harshly criticize yourself for perceived faults and mistakes.
8. Reckless behavior. You engage in escapist behavior such as substance abuse, compulsive gambling, reckless driving, or dangerous sports.
8. Reckless behavior. You engage in escapist behavior such as substance abuse, compulsive gambling, reckless driving, or dangerous sports.
9.Concentration problems. Trouble focusing, making decisions, or remembering things.
10. Unexplained aches and pains. An increase in physical complaints such as headaches, back pain, aching muscles, and stomach pain.
10. Unexplained aches and pains. An increase in physical complaints such as headaches, back pain, aching muscles, and stomach pain.
Depression often varies according to age and gender, with symptoms differing between men and women, or young people and older adults.
”Women”
Women are more likely to experience symptoms such as pronounced feelings of guilt, excessive sleeping, overeating, and weight gain.
Women are more likely to experience symptoms such as pronounced feelings of guilt, excessive sleeping, overeating, and weight gain.
“Women”
Depression in women is also impacted by hormonal factors during menstruation, pregnancy, and menopause. In fact, postpartum depression affects up to 1 in 7 women following childbirth.
Depression in women is also impacted by hormonal factors during menstruation, pregnancy, and menopause. In fact, postpartum depression affects up to 1 in 7 women following childbirth.
“Men”
Depressed men are less likely to acknowledge feelings of self-loathing and hopelessness. Instead, they tend to complain about fatigue, irritability, sleep problems, and loss of interest in work and hobbies.
Depressed men are less likely to acknowledge feelings of self-loathing and hopelessness. Instead, they tend to complain about fatigue, irritability, sleep problems, and loss of interest in work and hobbies.
“Men”
They’re also more likely to experience symptoms such as anger, aggression, reckless behavior, and substance abuse.
They’re also more likely to experience symptoms such as anger, aggression, reckless behavior, and substance abuse.
1. Reach out to other people.
Isolation fuels depression, so reach out to friends and loved ones, even if you feel like being alone or don’t want to be a burden to others.
2. Get moving.
Take a short walk or put some music on and dance around. Start with small activities.
Isolation fuels depression, so reach out to friends and loved ones, even if you feel like being alone or don’t want to be a burden to others.
2. Get moving.
Take a short walk or put some music on and dance around. Start with small activities.
3. Eat a mood boosting diet.
Reduce your intake of foods that can adversely affect your mood.
4. Find ways to engage again with the world.
Spend some time in nature, care for a pet, volunteer, pick up a hobby you used to enjoy
Reduce your intake of foods that can adversely affect your mood.
4. Find ways to engage again with the world.
Spend some time in nature, care for a pet, volunteer, pick up a hobby you used to enjoy
5. Therapy.
Consulting a therapist can provide you tools to treat depression from a variety of angles and motivate you to take the action necessary.
Therapy can also offer you the skills and insight to prevent the problem from coming back.
Consulting a therapist can provide you tools to treat depression from a variety of angles and motivate you to take the action necessary.
Therapy can also offer you the skills and insight to prevent the problem from coming back.
6. Meditation
The more regularly and the more deeply you meditate, the sooner you will find yourself acting always from a center of peace.
The more regularly and the more deeply you meditate, the sooner you will find yourself acting always from a center of peace.
7. Changing your Mental Model
Mental model leads you to see the world from different perspective.
Since you can’t change the world, you have to change your insight.
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