Feeling down from time to time, empty and alone and living in despair. Sometimes these feelings won't go away, it may be depression. Depression makes things somewhat tough and harder to function and enjoy everyday life. Sometimes getting through the day can be hard, you maybe overwhelmed by heavy emotions. No matter how hopeless you feel, you must remember you can get better. By understanding depression and spotting the signs one can address the difficulties you face, this is important first step to recovery. People with depression often find they worry about things more than usual.
This is known as anxiety
Anxiety is tied into depression because it can create feelings of fear, worry, uneasiness, and dread. Remember that when anxiety becomes excessive because one cannot cope it functions to upset the normal pattern of behaviour it may cause physical symptoms like pain, panic attacks or a pounding heart or stomach cramps. For some people these physical symptoms are their main concern. Anxiety may be constant or it may come and go in certain circumstances. Either way it’s important to recognise anxiety when it occurs, and to seek medial intervention.
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Some of the possible signs of depression could be irritability or restlessness feeling of being tired all the time.
Emotional Effects of Depression
- Loss of interest in things you used to enjoy.
- Thoughts of death and suicide
- Trouble making decisions and dealing with issue
- Feeling guilty or worthless
- Irritability or anxiety
Other Effect of Depression- general loss of energy
- feelings of emptiness or loneliness.
- sleep problems.
- weight loss or gain.
- low self-esteem.
- problems with concentration.
- reduced sex drive.
- thinking about death due to the loss of loved one.
- Constantly feeling down or hopeless.
- Having little interest or pleasure in doing things hobbies they use to enjoy.
In Fighting the Darkness the author discusses how they use sport to push themselves out of their comfort zone on a regular basis through Taekwondo.
Constantly learning new kicks, blocks, and more! People use many different forms of activities to fight depression whoever, there are many different forms of depression.
- Major depressive disorder
- Catatonic depression
- Dysthymic disorder
- Melancholic depression
- Manic Depression
- Anxiety Depression
- Psychotic Depression
- Post birth depression
- Agitated depression
- Chronic depression
- Endogenous depression
- Seasonal affective disorder (SAD)
- Atypical Depression
- Double Depression
- Situational Depression or Reactive Depression
Depression does not always have a single cause. The cause of one's depression may evolve from past experiences or trauma. There is also the factor that depression evolving from an imbalance within the brain or a genetic disorder. Depending on the situation or cause of the depression one can recover but this takes time. Therapy and medication if prescribed must be given time to take effect, if not then the depression can continue spiraling out of control. Educate in Mind
