Recently, work has been stressful and my friend always says: she is on the verge of depression. Although she is in a bad mood, it is not depression. The word “depression” seems to come out of our mouths easily, but to avoid misunderstanding, we were asked to write the following article to tell you: what are the symptoms if you have depression?
Depression?
Depression is the most common mental illness, and most people with depression can actually recover by self-help, so don’t worry too much about it. But if you have depression yourself, you still need to deal with it in time to prevent it from developing further and aggravating. So it is also very important to know some of the manifestations of depression to determine whether you have depression or not.
There are usually the following manifestations.
The three most important symptoms of depression are: persistent low mood, loss of interest, and decreased energy.
Specifically, they are.
1, the appearance of low mood, sadness, self-blame.
2, easily irritated, very sensitive and irritable, the slightest thing will be a thunderstorm.
3, feeling desperate, lonely, helpless, pain, guilt, restlessness.
4, feeling inferior and worthless, low self-esteem caused by the thought “I am a failure”, “I am useless”.
5. Suicidal thoughts may occur, feeling that you do not deserve to live.
6.Many thoughts of self-blame, “Why can’t I do it?” etc.
7.Inability to concentrate, often haunted by some negative thoughts.
8.Sleeping habits may change: insomnia, difficulty falling asleep or waking up early; or sleepiness, always feeling tired, not enough sleep, hard to keep yourself awake.
9.The body is tired and has no energy, and in severe cases, you may even be unable to get up.
10.No appetite, do not want to eat, or overeat. The weight change within 2 weeks is more than the normal range of fluctuations, and those who have no appetite will lose weight, while those who overeat will gain weight.
11.Decrease in sexual desire. Sexual indifference and impotence appear, and women will experience menstrual disorders or even amenorrhea. Chest tightness, nausea, vomiting, sweating, etc.
12.Reluctant to go out and prefer to stay at home.
Severely depressed patients will pull the curtains and not see the sunlight, afraid to go out. Do not want to answer the phone calls and visits from family and friends, and at the same time feel very lonely. When you are with friends and family, you are easily upset, sensitive and irritable, and you will get angry at your family and friends for the smallest things, and you will be grumpy.
Get to the point!
Symptoms that last at least 2 weeks and above, without physical illness, you can consider that depression is affecting you.
You can try to adjust your lifestyle, living condition, habits. Increase your interaction with friends, improve your diet, improve your thoughts and other ways to help yourself. You can also try to help yourself better with the help of some self-help books. When none of these work, a timely visit to a psychiatrist is also a better solution, and no matter which method, eventually your problem will be solved.