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Understanding Depression
Depression is a prolonged period of feeling low or down. It is a serious illness and is projected that 5% of adults have experienced depression*. Low mood becomes depression when it is suffered for a long period of time and has an effect on daily life. Symptoms include**:
Unusually sad mood.
This is a low mood that may not always correlate with events that may be happening in the persons life. This may stem off irrational thoughts or thinking patterns although the affected may not realise this. The low mood affects all parts of their life.
Loss of enjoyment and or interest.
A person with depression may start to feel a lack of enjoyment and or interest in activities that would previously be of great pleasure. This is very common in people with depression and can feed back into the cycle of low mood.
Lack of energy and tiredness.
Someone with depression may feel exreemely tired and lacking in energy. This can be due to a number of reasons caused by their depression such as lack of appetite, disrupted sleep patterns and racing thoughts.
Intrusive thoughts.
ntrusive thoughts can be very dangerous to those who suffer from depression, these can be bad thoughts about their self or even thoughts about harming themselves or others and suicide. Suicide is the second leading cause of death for 15-29 year olds*** and should be taken very seriously.
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