Are you depressed?
If you identify with several of the following signs and symptoms, and they just won’t go away, you may be suffering from clinical depression.
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- you can’t sleep or you sleep too much
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- you can’t concentrate or find that previously easy tasks are now difficult
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- you feel hopeless and helpless
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- you can’t control your negative thoughts, no matter how much you try
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- you have lost your appetite or you can’t stop eating
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- you are much more irritable and short-tempered than usual
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- you have thoughts that life is not worth living
Causes and risk factors for depression
•Loneliness
§Lack of social support
§Recent stressful life
§experiences
§Family history of
depression
§Marital problems
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Financial strain
§Early childhood trauma or abuse
§Alcohol or drug abuse
§Unemployment or
underemployment
§Health problems or chronic pain
Feeling helpless and hopeless is a symptom of depression—not the reality of your situation. It does not mean that you’re weak or you can’t change
Self-help strategies that can be very effective include:
>Cultivating supportive relationships
>Getting regular exercise and sleep
>Talk to one person about your feelings.
>Help someone else by volunteering. >Have lunch or coffee with a friend.
>Accompany someone to the movies,
>Spend some time in nature.
>List what you like about yourself.
>Read a good book.
>Watch a funny movie or TV show.
§>Fight depression by managing stress
§>Think outside yourself
§>Replace negatives with positives
§>Socialize with positive people
§>Remain hopeful during challenging and difficult times
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