Symptoms of Depression
For major depression, you may experience a sad or
depressed mood, or an inability to feel pleasure, plus five or more of the
following symptoms, for at least a two-week period
- Feelings of guilt, worthlessness, helplessness, or hopelessness
- Loss of interest or pleasure in usual activities, including sex
- Difficulty concentrating and complaints of poor memory
- Insomnia or oversleeping
- Appetite changes, which may include weight gain or loss
- Fatigue, lack of energy
- Thoughts of suicide or death
Tips & tricks to remove depression
The
body craves movement. Exercise really works. Let's not think of it as exercise
though. Nothing is gnarlier to the depressed person than imagining him/herself
at the gym in ill fitting sweats, panting on the stair master while svelte
athletes are bopping around in all directions.
As Woody Allen says, 90% of success is showing up. Once we've got our
walking shoes on, once we get endorphins cooking, the doldrums have less power
to penetrate .
Make it a do-able one. Happiness and joy come from goals. We mustn't put off our lives.
When we are depressed, we take our bored, sluggish selves wherever we go. We need distractions. We need company. We need intimacy. It is very important to be around authentic people. We need someone who believes in us. No nay-sayers!
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