Depression Self Help: How to Deal with Depression, Overcome Depression and Symptoms and Signs of Depression
Richard Foreman
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Richard Foreman
Copyright 2015
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Table of Contents
Introduction
Do you feel lost at times or confused? Do you feel sad? Do you always feel sad? It is normal for many to sometimes feel sad or depressed. It is a normal reaction to lifes struggles, self-esteem issues or loss of a loved one.
However, depression is another case. It can be associated with intense sadness-hopelessness, worthless and helpless. When it hinders you from your day to day activities and it lasts for several days or weeks, it is definitely worthwhile to talk to an expert about it.
There are several ways to know if a person has depression. There is a manual called DSM-5 to determine if a person has mental disorders or depression. If you know anyone who is going through a hard time, these symptoms might manifest on them:
- A solemn mood that starts in the morning and continues the whole day
- Loss of the will to move or fatigue almost daily
- Feeling of guilt or worthlessness on an everyday basis
- Indecisiveness, impaired concentration
- Hypersomnia (oversleeping) or Insomnia ( lack of sleep) can manifest throughout the day
- Diminished pleasure or interest in daily activities
- Recurring suicide or death thoughts
- The feeling of being slowed down or restlessness
- Significant weight gain or weight loss
When someone feels like they have lost interest in everything and all the activities they were happily doing before, it might be a sign of depression. The symptoms above are for people who are suffering depression. They usually will feel depressed daily or almost daily and will span for a minimum of two weeks. These symptoms should not be the effect of medication or drug for it to be called depression.
Chapter 1: What is Depression?
We all felt sad in a particular time in our lives. We lost our job. We lost someone who we loved. Or something else tragic happened in our live. It is very normal to feel sad or depressed when life struggles appear, it is the natural reaction from our brain to these circumstances. It shows that your brain is healthy and it is functioning fine. But what when the feelings dont go away while the tragic circumstances went away or was a long time ago? This might be depression.
Feeling depressed or sad can be a normal reaction to lifes struggles, loss, or an injured self-esteem. This is our brain telling us that there is something wrong. But if the brain keeps telling that there is something wrong, while objectively, there isnt, it may be clinical depression. A very serious but also a very treatable medical condition.
To summarize what depression is in one sentence:
Feelings of intense sadness, hopelessness, worthlessness or helplessness that last for more than days, weeks or even months.
About 5 in 100 adults have depression yearly. Sometimes it will last for just a couple of weeks. However, 1 in 4 woman and 1 in 10 men will get an episode of depression serious enough that requires treatment.
There are major two types of depression:
- Major Depression
This type of depression doesnt last too long. It will only last for a week or two. Image from Flicker by Anne Lee
You will feel terrible or very sad for a couple times, but it goes away after a few weeks. Symptoms of major depression are: loss of interest in life, feeling guilty for no particular reason, suicidal thoughts, weight loss or gain, sleeping less or too much being tired all the time or trouble concentrating. It is also accompanied by low self-esteem, people with a low self-esteem are in higher risk to get major depression.
- Persistent Depressive Disorder (or Dysthymia)
It has the same symptoms as major depression, but the person experiences it for two years or more. Image from Flicker by Bryan
This is a more persistent version of major depression. It is very difficult to for an individual to report this type of depression, this is due the fact that the symptoms became strong habits and the individual tends to think they always were like this. Also, it is more difficult for the surrounding of the individual to recognize if the individual has this type of depression. The surrounding of the individual will think that this is the nature of his personality.
No matter how you look at it, if someone struggles with negative thoughts or a negative mood longer than 2 weeks, you can almost certainly say that the individual is suffering from depression.
Chapter 2: Types of Depression
If you ever feel down after an especially tiring day, cry after a bad break up or feel utterly miserable after being sacked from your job this is a normal emotive reaction to have after an unpleasant situation or event. It is part of being human. However, when you feel unhappy for extended periods of time, weeks instead of hours and there seems to be no real reason for this sadness you may be experiencing major depressive disorder or clinical depression.
Depression: How Common
According to researchers, by 2020, depression can be the 2 nd biggest problem next to ischemic heart disease when it comes to disability causes around the world. However, people are inflicted with this problem fail to understood or realize that there is a real cause behind their depressed stage.
Statistics done by National Institute of Mental Health shows that 14.8 million people suffer from depression in the U.S. The suicide tendencies of people with this problem are high. Unfortunately, most adults who have clinic depression do not want or seek treatment. If left, untreated, depression could result in suffering or even suicide.
The symptoms of all types of depression
There are several different types of depression that a person can be affected by. Listed below is a list of each type of depressive disorder together with its specific symptoms.
Major depressive disorder (major depression)
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