• Feelings of helplessness and hopelessness. A bleak outlook—nothing will ever get better and there’s nothing you can do to improve your situation. • Loss of interest in daily activities. No interest in or ability to enjoy former hobbies, pastimes, social activities, or sex. • Sleep changes. Either insomnia, especially waking in the early hours of the morning, or oversleeping • Loss of energy. Feeling fatigued and physically drained. Even small tasks are exhausting or take longer. • Self-loathing. Strong feelings of worthlessness or guilt. Harsh criticism of perceived faults and mistakes. • Concentration problems. Trouble focusing, making decisions, or remembering things. • Appetite or weight changes. Significant weight loss or weight gain—a change of more than 5% of body weight in a month. • Psychomotor agitation or retardation. Either feeling “keyed up” and restless or sluggish and physically slowed down.
I have these symtoms but the last 2 rnt that severe. I took a test on this website: psychcentral. com/depquiz.htm - and it said that a score of 42 is Moderate/Sever depression.. the 2nd worst. from these results and the info above, do YOU think I have depression? thank you so much. your help is sooo much appreciated because I cant talk to anyone about it. my family would never understand
You need to start thinking POSITIVE in relation to your life and the situations you find yourself in. Don't listen to the negative thoughts or influences of others.
I choose
I chose to be born, – to live or die, Even the sex, that would be I; I chose the race, from which to appear, Also my wealth, my health and my fear.
I chose my trials and stumbling blocks, And the legs I would use, in all of those walks; I chose my sadness, my joy and my love, I chose to serve and not be above.
I chose this life – with all of its dues, And with each dawn, again I choose; The experiences for me that wait ahead, To be alive, or be claimed dead.
And of the future lives I've yet, It is my choice that I begat; All the things, however pleasin', That shall befall me in those seasons.
Simply a Rose to brighten your day,
And maybe lessen the cares in your way;
And also, too, to help you to know,
That in knowing you, many others grow!
yes I believe those are signs you have depression
to fix it you need to start with the first point, you need to fix yourself from the inside dont let your outlook be bleak, dont give in, you need to fight, thats how I got over my depression a few years ago... mine lasted a year... but now im a different person, because I believed in myself... you should try it...
the only way to truely tell if you have depression is to go to the doter. but one way that help me throw my depression was to find the thing that is makeing you depressed and remove it from your live.
Those are indications of depression, but diagnoses are very technical, and it really depends on other things... you should definitely see a therapist