Depression
Depression has many symptoms, such as: loss of energy, loss of interest for daily activities, sadness, numbness, concentration difficulties, self-criticism, feelings of despair, physical complaints, isolation, touchiness, decision making difficulties, thoughts about death and suicide.
Frequently, people who are depressed also suffer from anxiety. They feel worry, nausea, dizziness, heat and cold shivers, blurred vision, rapid heartbeat and sweats. Clinical depression ranges from mild and severe (major). For example, some people present few symptoms that occur sometimes. Others, who suffer from major depression, complain of a large number of symptoms that are frequent, lasting and very disturbing.
Depression, like anxiety (that occurs even more often than depression) is equivalent (in terms of frequency) to the common cold of emotional problems. It’s estimated that in a given year, a great number of people will suffer from major depression: 25% of woman and 12% of man will suffer at least one episode of major depression in the course of their lives. The likelihood of recurrence of another episode after the initial one is high. Fortunately, there are very efficient treatments that can help significantly reduce the likelihood of a relapse.
Everybody feels sad or down sometimes. If you notice you are feeling sad or down most of the time, if you have lost interest and motivation to do the things that you used to enjoy, if there have been some changes in your appetite, sleep and energy, if you feel bad about yourself, then you can be experiencing a depression state.
Your depression can be a reaction to some event in your life, or a recurrence of something that you have already felt and have been trying to fight for a long time…You don’t have to do it alone, look for professional help!