Depression and Symptoms of Depression ?
Q.Major depression is when five or more symptoms of depression are present for at least 2 weeks. These symptoms include feeling sad, hopeless, worthless, or pessimistic. In addition, people with major depression often have behavior changes, such as new eating and sleeping patterns. Major depression increases a person's risk of suicide.
A.Trouble sleeping or excessive sleeping A dramatic change in appetite, often with weight gain or loss Fatigue and lack of energy Feelings of worthlessness, self-hate, and inappropriate guilt Extreme difficulty concentrating Agitation, restlessness, and irritability Inactivity and withdrawal from usual activities, a loss of interest or pleasure in activities that were once enjoyed (such sex) Feelings of hopelessness and helplessness Thoughts of death or suicide Depression can appear as anger and discouragement rather than feelings of hopelessness and helplessness. If depression is very severe, it may be accompanied by psychotic symptoms, such as hallucinations and delusions. These are usually consistent with the depressed mood, and may focus on themes of guilt, personal inadequacy, or disease. Yep, all sounds very familiar. One part I sometimes forget is that depression can appear as anger and discouragement....not that I don't feel those things, but they are more difficult symptoms for me to recognize and cope with when displayed by others. I should be going to work right now, but since the company just demoted 30 management positions including mine, I am sitting here...instead of there...hard work doesn't always pay off My husband is in the computer industry and has gone through many layoffs, which demotions are part of, and it's such a hard thing to go through. He works really hard and is smart and talented, and when that happens it just takes all the motivation away. It's really frustrating that there is hardly any job security these days especially when, as you say, you work hard and do a good job. Sorry you are going through this. At times it hard to believe how life gets so messed up. The demotion, my husband moving out, and as Humble Life touched on in his post, my "best before" date is expiring. I got an email about my 20 year high school reunion today. It made me realize that I am back at the starting line again, and again and again. The company wants me to do the same job that I trained 19 year olds to do. That really sucks. Not to mention the cut in pay. I need to sleep, I just can't sleep. I'm sorry I don't mean to whine, this is the first time I have written how I really am feeling.
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