Identifying The Symptoms Of Depression

By Amanda Gamdana

People who may be suffering from depression or manic disorders actually exhibit or show each and every kind of symptom of depression that doctors will tell you that depressed people have. Missing the symptoms of depression is especially easy for the person both suffering the condition and those closest to them as well. The symptoms of depression are all very noticeable if you know what to look for. However, it isn't necessary for them to suffer from each and every one before you actually help them get diagnosed and treated for this illness.

An early indication that a person may be suffering from depression is a continual sadness for what appears to be no apparent reason and a disinterest in life generally. Apart from being the earliest signs of depression, they are also the two most common and easy to spot even without professional help.

A lack of interest in anything that should be exiting is also a normal or common symptom of depression. One symptom follows another and a negative attitude about everything around them is just another symptom that is easy to spot.

A lack of incentive to carry out even basic tasks in life and a continual feeling of guilt about something as well as no self worth are all symptoms of depression. This self-guilt is usually unjustified but creates a further problem where the individual suffering depression believes they should be unhappy. The signs of depression are quite clear and visible to an outsider but the person suffering from depression and low self-worth probably cannot see their situation improving.

This failure to even enjoy your own hobbies and interests just shows how sever depression can become. Once this situation has occurred then it really does mean that something serious is happening.

Depressed individuals often complain that they have no energy to do anything although most of this can be attributed to their condition and may not be a real condition. Choosing to prefer just to mope around and not eating properly or get enough sleep, a depressed person may well be on their way not just to mental illness but poor physical health as well.

A depressed person will also find it difficult to concentrate as their mind is elsewhere. This can culminate in failing to remember things that happened or what other people have said and this lack of interest actually makes depressed people very inattentive.

Some of this may be as a result of too much or too little sleep. Often we notice things like how much a person is eating before anything else and if it is not nutritious, this can lead to other problems. Left unchecked, the depression sufferer will feel unwell for regular headaches and stomach pains as well as other bodily pains; there may also be a morbid preoccupation with death, including their own. - 29881

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