How to recognize depression?
When a person is depressed, anhedonia is observed, when he is not able to enjoy and loses interest even in what used to be pleasant and brings joy. From hobbies to food, he cannot enjoy anything.
The specialist added that stable fatigue for more than two weeks also signals depression. “It’s not, just as not feeling well then taking good sleep and waking up with no worries. Usually, these people already wake up exhausted,” said the psychologist.
According to her, poor sleep is considered one of the common symptoms of a depressive disorder. In this state, people wake up very early, for example at 4-5 in the morning, and can no longer fall asleep, although they feel overwhelmed and tired. In addition, loss of appetite, constant pessimism, and unwarranted guilt are also signs of depression.
“Feeling of worthlessness, helplessness, low self-esteem. It is difficult to concentrate and make decisions. In severe forms, thoughts of suicide appear. Decreased libido and loss of interest in sex,” the psychologist lists the symptoms of a depressive disorder.
Often with depression, people feel that no one needs them and the circle of their social contacts is reduced. In severe forms, it is difficult for people to even get out of bed, to force themselves to go to the kitchen or to the toilet.
The specialist noted that relatives of a person suffering from depression often cannot independently determine the severity of the condition, believing that he is simply lazy.
“The major issue is that, it happens on the internal level not on physical lebel. We can see someone super fit but broken from inside. Its the case of feeling, emotions, hormones. Internally felt like severe stress. There are so many stress hormones, as if the rink had moved a person. Therefore, people have no strength for anything”, the psychologist emphasized.
It is believed that the development of depression is largely influenced by the genetic predisposition to the disease. However, it is not only this circumstance that is decisive but other factors as well. Including the temperament and mental properties of the person himself, as well as the events that happened to him in childhood.
“If a person has dark past, some unforfetable memory continouously dancing in his mind can become a cause for his depression during his life. Its quite difficult for anyone to move on and step forward to accpet new things. These are some difficult periods. One of the main ones that leads to depression is if a child is under the age of 10 years will lose one of the parents," the expert said.
Then, most likely, during the life of a person will experience depression and periodically return to it. It also affects what happens to him in life. But one person can grieve because of what happened and cope, while the other does not succeed.
