‘I am having depression’ or ‘I am depressed’ phrases that are thrown around by many people easily. People tend to attract negativity easily and sadly in this world of excess information, people are quick to jump to the worst possible conclusions.
Depression isn’t as common as it seems. Here is a quick list of symptoms that will help you to recognise possible symptoms of depression that you might be facing.
Feeling excessively lazy and waning interest in doing things
If you notice a change of your energy levels over period of time for no discernible reason you might want to question why don’t you feel like working. This can be around the activities you do or the things that you like or liked to do- could be work, a hobby, a sport
Negative general outlook
What do you think of how things are going? Do you have a lost attitude like all is lost or nothing can be done now. Do you feel like changing things and working hard or do you have a sense of giving up? Has every possible ray of hope vanished from your life? If the answer is yes to some of these questions, you might be having signs of depression.
Feeling tired
When you feel depressed, you tend to get easily tired at odd hours and lose also start losing interest in work. Depression an take the heart of the work and leave you all drowsy and lazy.
Losing track of time
Sometimes you get s lost in your thoughts for long stretches of time that you barely remember what happened, Depression can take us away from the present- and make us feel the negativity of the past and your sense of the would be future.
Loss of Appetite
You lose appetite and are disinterested in eating. You start to imbibe unhealthy habits like eating junk or sweets to distract your emotions.
Unwilling to interact with friends and family
When you start to alienate your family and friends, you ought to question? When did you start ignoring the ones close to you? Why did you start distant yourself from your loved ones? Depression can make us believe that no one will understand us. It is important to speak to your loved ones and reason out some of the negative thoughts that you might be feeling.
Contemplate death
You start to question life and existence and turn to negative emotions. You have thoughts of death and have trouble finding reasons to live.
Summing Up
If you are facing one or more of the above issues, you must seek help instantly. There is nothing wrong to seek help as everyone needs help sometimes. It is absolutely normal.
The most important thing you can do is
- Accept that you need help
- Seek help and open up
- Document your current state and follow the steps as guided by your therapist
In case you have no one to seek help from, do not hesitate to contact us. Hope this helps. Stay strong.