10 Signs of Depression, You Care About to Never Ignore
What’s about depression?
Depression is a condition in which someone has a low
mood and dislikes of activity. It can affect a person's thoughts,
behavior, motivation, feelings, and sense of happiness. It may cause sadness,
difficulty in thinking and concentration and a significant increase/decrease in
desire for food and time spent sleeping, and people experiencing depression
may have feelings of misery, hopelessness and, sometimes, suicidal
thoughts. These feelings can either be for a short duration or long
duration.
Are women more prone to depression than men?
Depression in women is very common. Actually, women are
twice as likely to develop clinical depression as men. Up to
one in four women is likely to have experience of major
depression at some stage in life.
What can be the symptoms of depression?
1.Sadness
Feeling sad is a basic
part of the depression, Sadness can be a difficult
emotion to handle, not only due to the pain it causes but also because of the
issues that caused the sadness. Sometimes, this state of sadness deepens,
and this may be a sign that you are suffering from a form of depression.
2.Loss of interest
People suffering
from clinical depression lose interest in hobbies,
friends, reading or even watching TV, in activities in their life that
they enjoyed doing in the past, and even food and sex. This is
why the brain's pleasure circuits shut down or short out.
3.Restlessness
Agitation (a type of depression) can cause a person to
experience feelings of uneasiness and anxiety. Some of the
symptoms related to agitation include
• angry outbreaks
• clenching fists
• troublemaking behavior
• unnecessary talking
• wandering or shuffling
feet
• tension
4.Hopelessness
According to some
people, depression is a state as “living in a black hole” or
having a feeling of something life-threatening, others feel lifeless,
empty, and uninterested. Particularly men can feel angry and
restless. If you experience depression, left untreated it
can become a serious health condition. You can get better by understanding the
cause of your depression and by knowing the different symptoms
of depression, you can take the first steps to overcome the
problem.
5.Sleeping problems
The relationship
between sleep and depressive illness is difficult – depression may
cause sleep problems and sleep problems may cause or add to
depressive disorders. For some people, symptoms of depression occur with sleep
problems. Sleep problems and depression may have the same risk
factors and characteristics and the same treatment strategies are used for both
conditions. Sleep problems are also connected with more severe depressive
illness. Insomnia is very common among depressed
patients.
6.Change in appetite
Some people with depression,
have a loss of appetite, while for others, the amount you eat may
increase ."Loss of appetite can be an early sign of depression or
a warning for the worse depression. While some people can't stop
eating when they are depressed," says Gary Kennedy, MD, director of
geriatric psychiatry at Montefiore Medical Center in Bronx, New York. "A sudden
change in body weight, gaining/losing, can be a sign of depression, especially
in those who have other symptoms of depression or a history of
depression."
7.Decreased energy
Depression and chronic fatigue syndrome are two conditions that can make someone feel extremely tired and low energy levels, even after a good night's rest. It's possible to have both conditions at the same time. It's also possible to mistake feelings of fatigue for depression.
8.Thoughts of death
People who are severely
depressed can do suicide. Each year, about 30,000 people
in the U.S. take their own lives, although the real number may be greater. Some
suicides go unrecognized because they're off the record as accidents, drug
overdoses, or shootings. 15%of depressed people whose depression remains
untreated, kill themselves.
According to
the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline, warning signs of suicide;
• Talking about wanting
to die or wanting to kill yourself
• Finding a way to kill
yourself, such as searching online for methods or buying a gun
• Talking about feeling
having no reason to live
• Talking about feeling
trapped
• Talking about being a
burden to others
• Increasing the use of
alcohol or drugs
• Acting anxious or
stressed
• Sleeping too little or
too much
• Displaying extreme
mood swipes
9.The difficulty of making decisions
The inability to make a decision is one of the most annoying symptoms of depression.
According to a study
published in August 2011 in Cognitive Therapy and Research a depressed person
has difficulty in making decisions. In a depressed state, strong
emotions and incorrect predictions of the future negatively influence a
decision. The doubtful thinking and sense of possible disappointment result in
cloud rational thinking. Slowness and inaction affect decisions, lack of
confidence, inaccurate evaluation of personal resources (“I
could never do that”), hopelessness about the future.
10.Persistent physical symptoms
Depression may cause improper functioning of nerve cell systems or pathways that connect the brain areas that process emotional information. Some of these systems also process information for recognizing physical pain. Many experts say that depression can make people feel pain differently. Any kind of chronic pain may get worse.
• Headaches are
very common. If you already had migraine headaches, they may worsen.
• Back pain
• Muscle aches and joint
pain
• Chest pain. It
can be an indication of serious heart, stomach, lung or other problems. But
depression can add to the discomfort.
. Digestive problems. You
might feel sick or nauseated. You might have diarrhea or become constipated .
Thanks for sharing! People can watch out for these red flag if in case they feel like they have depression.
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