7 Signs Of Depression & Symptoms
We Must Know...!!
Hello... so today I want
to talk to you a little bit about seven signs of depression so that you can
maybe identify if this is something that you're struggling with and seek help
if you think that might be appropriate for you I want to start by helping you understand
what the typical signs and symptoms are so one of the most common signs of depression
is a feeling of sadness or irritability that is really pervasive and doesn't
seem to go away no matter what you do if you're with friends if you're by
yourself the sadness just sort of becomes your reality irritability can also be
present and this is much more typical in teens that they will present with more
irritability than sadness when they're dealing with depression second sign of depression
is feeling really hopeless and this can be hopeless about getting better it can
be a sense of hopelessness about the future and the ability of sort of
achieving your hopes and dreams and again it's a very very tough symptom to
deal with because other people can tell yo know you have so much to look
forward to or this great thing is happening in your life but if you're really
struggling with depression that hopeless this just kind of takes over and keeps
you stuck the third sign of depression that you should be aware of is something
called anhedonia which is really a fancy way of saying a loss of interest in
things that you previously used to enjoy so for example you might really be
into gardening and all of the sudden you find that no matter how many times you
garden or if you try to garden there's just not the same joy that you're
getting out of it that you used to or maybe you used to really be really social
and enjoy spending time with your friends and you find that you just can't bring
yourself to get out of the house and to go and interact with these friends and
it's really really difficult to deal with because it's very hard to motivate
yourself when the things that really used to be what got you out of bed and got
you ready for the day no longer hold the same enjoyment and pleasure that they
used to so the fourth sign of depression is either decreased concentration and/or
indecision the difficulty with making decisions and this can be really
difficult when you have to function either in the workplace or you have a lot
of responsibilities at home because you'll find that it's harder to complete
the tasks that you need to complete and if you do need to make decisions
there's almost like this decision paralysis where you find that you just can't
get yourself to the place of making choices that used to come really easily to
you the fifth sign of depression that you should be aware of our changes in
sleep and this can be either that you find yourself sleeping a lot more than
you used to and having like a really hard time getting out of bed maybe you've never
been a Napper and all of the sudden you're taking a nap every day on the other
side of the spectrum many people who are struggling with depression find that
they can't sleep that they're racked with insomnia for the first time in their
life and they're laying in bed and their thoughts just keep running around and
they're feeling sad and they're feeling hopeless and so either too much or too little
sleep is a really cardinal sign of depression that you should be aware of the
sixth sign of depression that you should be aware of our changes in appetite or
weight and this can be either in the positive or the negative depression
sometimes when people are depressed they find that they use food for comfort
and end up eating a lot more than typical and gaining weight and sometimes when
people are depressed they lose their appetite completely and don't eat at all
and find that they lose weight so if you've had any significant weight changes
within the last couple months and you also have some of the other signs and
symptoms we're talking about it might be a good idea to consider that there's
some level of depression going on that you're struggling with so another and
final sign of depression that we're going to talk about today is a sense of
worthlessness so and really this is very very difficult for people to handle
because it's a sense that no matter what they do they're not enough their life
is not enough and it won't ever be enough and this is such a difficult thing to
be dealing with and so I think my overall message as you're learning about
these signs of depression is that if you're experiencing these please please
reach out and make an appointment with a licensed professional to talk about
this because this is something that can get better and you don't need to
struggle with it on your own if you think that you or someone you love might be
struggling with depression please reach out and make an appointment with a
licensed professional for an evaluation there are many therapeutic techniques
that can help you or someone you love feel better and so I strongly encourage
you not to hesitate to
get the help that you need.
Thank you...
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