Symptoms of Depression
Friday, 5 August 2005
What are the symptoms of depression?
* continuous feeling of sadness and emptiness
* feeling worthless (“if I were to die in an accident, no one would notice.”), hopeless (“there’s no future for me.”)
* sleeping too much or too little
* eating too much or too little
* no longer enjoying activities you used to enjoy (“everything seems dull and I can’t feel joy in doing things I used to enjoy doing.”)
* persistent tiredness and loss of energy
* suicidal thoughts (“living is not worth the pain.”)
Information source: U.S. National Institutes of Mental Health or NIHM at http://www.nimh.nih.gov/publicat/bipolar.cfm.
