college depression?

Answer 1

College offers new experiences and challenges. This can be exciting—it can also be stressful and make you, or someone you know, feel sad. But when "the blues" last for weeks, or interfere with academic or social functioning, it may be clinical depression. Clinical depression is a common, frequently unrecognized illness that can be effectively treated.

Clinical depression can affect your body, mood, thoughts, and behavior. It can change your eating habits, how you feel and think about things, your ability to work and study, and how you interact with people.

Clinical depression is not a passing mood, a sign of personal weakness or a condition that can be willed away. Clinically depressed people cannot "pull themselves together" and get better.

Depression can be successfully treated by a mental health professional or certain health care providers. With the right treatment, 80 percent of those who seek help get better. And many people begin to feel better in just a few weeks.

Types of Depressive Illness

Depressive illnesses come in different forms. The following are general descriptions of the three most prevalent, though for an individual, the number, severity, and duration of symptoms will vary.

Major depression is manifested by a combination of symptoms that interfere with your ability to work, sleep, eat, and enjoy once pleasurable activities. These impairing episodes of depression can occur once, twice, or several times in a lifetime.

Symptoms of Major Depression
Sadness, anxiety, or "empty" feelings
Decreased energy, fatigue, being "slowed down"
Loss of interest or pleasure in usual activities
Sleep disturbances (insomnia, oversleeping, or waking much earlier than usual)
Appetite and weight changes (either loss or gain)
Feelings of hopelessness, guilt, and worthlessness
Thoughts of death or suicide, or suicide attempts
Difficulty concentrating, making decisions, or remembering
Irritability or excessive crying
Chronic aches and pains not explained by another physical condition
A less intense type of depression, dysthymia, involves long-term, chronic symptoms that are less severe, but keep you from functioning at your full ability and from feeling well.

In bipolar illness (also known as manic-depressive illness), cycles of depression alternate with cycles of elation and increased activity, known as mania.

How to Recognize Depression
The first step in defeating depression is recognizing it. It's normal to have some signs of depression some of the time. But five or more symptoms for 2 weeks or longer, or noticeable changes in usual functioning, are all factors that should be evaluated by a health or mental health professional. And remember, people who are depressed may not be thinking clearly and may need help to get help.

Answer 2

Are you far away from your home? You miss your parents? You aren't sure you're going to make it? This is a kind of college depression. Talk to a counselor or try to make friends to study with. It's just two to four years most of the time. Your parents are just a call away. If not someone is there for you. Been there, done that got the T shirt.

Answer 3

Repost your question with more info. Find a friend to talk about it with. Connect with your family. Take care of yourself. I think everyone goes through some depression when going through college.. I know I did! It's normal but also should be shared and looked at. Just don't isolate yourself, ok?

Answer 4

When I was in High School in a BFE place, I was ecstatic to go to college because I thought it would be a place to interact with teens who would think like I do. Of course, when I got there, I was severely disappointed because they were no different from my HS classmates. Sometimes, you have to compromise with some things. I came out happier, and I do have a lot of friends. You can not get everything you want out of life.

Answer 5

Early to mid-twenties is when most mental illnesses present themselves.

Answer 6

it doesn't get any better after college. better start enjoying it now...

Answer 7

yea

Answer 8

what's your question?

Answer 9

SUCKS!