Depression: What It Is And Signs To Look For
What Is Depression?
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Depression is a persistent sad mood or a loss of interest in activities that continues for an extended period of time such as a few weeks. Depression is like staying in the down cycle of a roller coaster.
The key is the persistence of the mood, not the precise amount of time it continues.
Depression is a "whole body" illness which can affect the following:
- Mood, thought, body, and behavior.
- Relationships that a person has with family, friends, and co-workers.
- How a person thinks of himself or other people or things.
- Sleep patterns.
- Job performance.
- Energy levels.
- How much or how little a person eats.
- The ability to enjoy activities that once provided pleasure.
Depression is not:
- Just a passing blue mood or sadness.
- The anxiety, anger, fear, shock, sense of uncertainty, withdrawal and/or upset that may follow the diagnosis of a serious health condition.
- A sign of weakness.
- Something that can be wished away or that someone can just "snap out of".
Depression can:
- Occur in relatively severe episodes or it may be ongoing and less severe.
- Only occur once in a person's lifetime, or it may occur several times.
- Last for weeks, months or even years.
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