What are the symptoms of depression???

Answer 1

Good question!!
1. feeling blaah almost numb
2. uninterested in most anything
3. dwelling on negative thoughts
4. tense shoulder and neck muscles
5. headaches
6. weight gain/loss
7. sleepiness/ exessive daydreaming
8. an unexplained "boredom"
9. feeling helpless and unwanted evn though there is no reason to.

Answer 2

There are a lot of different symptoms. The ones that I notice are being tired alot, isolating from others, not doing dishes or housecleaning, headaches sometimes, constant worry or degrading yourself, loss of interest in the things you normally do or like, trouble concentrating, feeling worthless, thoughts of suicide, irritability, or thoughts of guilt.

One of the most recognized symptoms of depression is a profound feeling of sadness, hopelessness, or emptiness. You may be surprised to learn that people with depression often experience physical symptoms too. Physical symptoms such as being sick a lot. The reason this happens is that unchecked depression or any mental illness can affect so much that it actually lowers your body's immune system which leaves open to getting sick.

So if you are feeling any of these or they are getting in the way of you being happy you need to call your doctor or look in the phone book for a doctor. A family doctor can help but a psychiatrist is what you really want because their job is to diagnose people with depression. They would ask you a battery of questions and get some history. I was diagnosed in 1991 and I got on meds, got better, went to college, and now have worked in the mental health field for over ten years. So there is hope.

Answer 3

You feel miserable and sad.
You feel exhausted a lot of the time with no energy .
You feel as if even the smallest tasks are sometimes impossible.
You seldom enjoy the things that you used to enjoy-you may be off sex or food or may 'comfort eat' to excess.
You feel very anxious sometimes.

You don't want to see people or are scared to be left alone. Social activity may feel hard or impossible.

You find it difficult to think clearly.

You feel like a failure and/or feel guilty a lot of the time.

You feel a burden to others.

You sometimes feel that life isn't worth living.

You can see no future. There is a loss of hope. You feel all you've ever done is make mistakes and that's all that you ever will do.
You feel irritable or angry more than usual.

You feel you have no confidence.

You spend a lot of time thinking about what has gone wrong, what will go wrong or what is wrong about yourself as a person. You may also feel guilty sometimes about being critical of others (or even thinking critically about them).
You feel that life is unfair.

You have difficulty sleeping or wake up very early in the morning and can't sleep again. You seem to dream all night long and sometimes have disturbing dreams.

You feel that life has/is 'passing you by.'

You may have physical aches and pains which appear to have no physical cause, such as back pain.

Answer 4

depression can come out in phisical ways also. when i get upset or are starting to get depressed i have these symptoms:
1.body aches
2.nausia
3.stomachaches right between rib cage
4.headaches
5seizures
6.blackouts/passing out
not caring whether you live or die
fatigue
sad
anxiety

Answer 5

Persistent sad, anxious or "empty" mood
Feelings of guilt, worthlessness, helplessness
Decreased energy, fatigue
Insomnia, early-morning awakening, or oversleeping
Difficulty concentrating, remembering and making decisions
Appetite and/or weight loss or overeating and weight gain
ummm wat else...uhh Thoughts of death or suicide. yah if your feeling any of these, then you should realy get help. serously its nothing you wanna take lightly, it is serous. ive been there and done that. i been on lke 3 anti-depressents....and i go to therpi...as much as when i was a lil younger ide always say ohh theres no way im going to see no therpist. but realy they do help and are whiling to listen. i dont realy suggest anti-depresnts cause in a way they make it worse. but if your having any of those synthoms above, then go get help. you'll be missing out on alot, if you dont.<33

Answer 6

Lack of Energy,Motivation!
The ability to be cheerful under any circumstances!
Appetite Suppression or Over-eating!
Excessive Alcohol consumption!
Sleeplessness or lack of appetite for sleep!

Answer 7

Feeling sad and depressed.

Answer 8

not wanting to do anything. wanting to mope around. not socializing and then alwyas thinking of negative thoughts about things.

Answer 9

saddness. hopelessness and you will feel very tired and lack motivation.

Answer 10

"Mosiac" said it all! To a "T"!!!
I couldnt have said it better!