Depression Symptoms
What are Depression Symptoms?
There is a number of symptoms that are associated with depression, and most people would experience a number of them, and the main symptoms can be described as losing pleasure in doing things once loved, feeling tired for no reason, having trouble concentrating and remembering things as well as having some physical symptoms that can not be explained.
Below is detailed description of the depression’s symptoms.
1. The main symptom is tiredness, which occurs in almost all cases of depression. A person feels tired all the time, and even after you have had a good night sleep, it feels like you haven’t slept at all.
2. Physical symptoms, like pains and aches in different parts of the body are also very common. Often these symptoms cannot be explained during visits to a doctor, regardless of the number of tests done.
3. Not feeling emotions is one of the most worrying symptoms for those that suffer from depression. This symptom makes you actually realise that you do have a depression. What happens is that a person is losing interest in doing things that he used to love to do and enjoyed doing, and normal an positive things that used to bring joy in your life, do not do that anymore. Often this can be described as feeling numb, even towards your closest family and friends.
4. Being sad or unhappy is a main symptom of depression as well, and often people feel that way for no reason. Many people have no idea why they feel this way, because logically thinking, they have nothing to be sad about.
5. Being negative and pessimistic is another thing that depression does to you, making you see and feel anything that comes into your life in a negative perspective. All good happening gets excluded, and the brain is focused only on negative things, and a person believes that this is how it is always going to be.
6. Having difficulty remembering things and concentrating as well as trouble thinking is a core symptom of depression. Often people struggle even with making simple decisions, like buying food or what to have for dinner. It gets harder at work, as the decision-making skills are also affected, and even follow a conversation or a simple programme on TV becomes a difficult task.
7. Feel like you want to cry, even in situations where normally you would’t have. It is very common that people starts crying when someone feels towards them, watching the news or even reading a book.
8. Inability to cope is another symptom, which makes even a simple task a hundred time the effort it as. Depression makes everything in your life too much of an effort.
9. Not being able to enjoy things is another problem, as all previous things a person used to enjoy are taken off someone’s life. Hobbies, activities and other things once enjoyed are given up, and don’t seem to be enjoyable anymore. People also ry to avoid friends and other social contacts that used to bring joy into their lives.
10. Sleep problems are very common in depression, and it might be difficulties to fall asleep, waking up a few times a night or having troubles to maintain sleep during the night. Even if people manage to have a night sleep, they still wake up the next morning feeling tired, like hay have never slept before.
11. Many people experience reduced sexual desire, and this symptom often occurs when people feel depressed. The general interest in sex is getting reduced, and some people even find the idea of having sex revolving.
12. As well as the loss of sexual desire, people feel the loss of appetite, when they are depressed. Again what happens is that foods used to bring pleasure do not do that anymore, and many people have to force themselves to eat a considerate amount of food, but still, some would lose weight.
13. Often people with depression are very self-conscious, and they feel anxious and tense, as well as experience other mood swings, being angry and irritable. Often even a whole personality can change because of that, for example, a friendly extravert can become a very negative and agitated person.
14. One of the most serious symptoms is having thoughts of death. People might start thinking that life is too much of an effort, and it’s not worth it, or that there will be no more positive things happening in the future. However what you need to remember that depression nowadays can be cured, if proper treatment is found, and the success rate is very high. If you start having thoughts of suicide, then we strongly recommend that you visit a doctor straight away and describe him or her how you feel. Remember, that help is available.
15. In severe cases of depression people might start hear voices, often telling horrible things or having delusions. A person get a false idea locked in his head, and to step away from these thoughts is almost impossible.
16. OCD or obsessive compulsive disorder can be developed because of depression, however this condition will be gone, once depression is treated.
17. Being depressed often makes you feel guilty and negatively, especially towards yourself. You get very upset about your faults, think that you are a bad person, when other people will think that you are just a normal person.
18. Many people that suffer from depression experience a number of physical symptoms, that doctors cannot describe. Usually people would feel bad in general, having flu or cold like symptoms.
If you experience some of those symptoms mentioned above, make sure that you pay a visit to a doctor, as only a doctor can determine whether you suffer from depression on not. A doctor can also provide you with the right treatment.
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