Can depression cause physical pain

Depression can easily cause physical pain, such as headache, arm pain, upper abdominal pain, and neck and back pain discomfort. If the above symptoms appear, it means that depression has become more serious, possibly moderate or above, because depression, as a common mental and psychological disease, mainly manifests itself in low mood, unhappiness, pessimism, negativity, lack of hope for the future, low self-esteem, self-guilt, self-blame, etc. These negative emotions may cause somatic discomfort if they are suppressed for a long time. Once somatic pain occurs, it may indicate that the depression has become more serious. For all physical pains, physical illnesses must be ruled out first, for example, headaches need to be ruled out to be caused by head diseases or hypertension before depression can be considered.