“Leave me, old woman, I’m depressed ...”, a friend or friend tells you on the phone, and you understand that a person is just in a bad mood, this fashion word has become so familiar for our ear. Below you will find 10 signs that you urgently need to help yourself or consult a specialist.
10. Chronic fatigue and weakness
A constant breakdown, lack of desire to communicate with people and leave the house are the first signs by which something wrong can be suspected. Neither sleep nor a weekend helps. It feels like a battery is dead in your body, and you just can't find a way to charge it. Usually in a pre-depressive state, a person notes that he “woke up in the morning and was already tired”, so there is a reluctance to wake up. And falling asleep at night becomes a problem due to obsessive sad thoughts. Everything literally falls out of my hands, even interest in things that previously carried away and were a source of energy disappears. If a state of emptiness and hopelessness lasts more than two weeks, this is an occasion to consult a doctor.
9. Changes in body weight
Usually a person who is depressed begins to seize their problems with sweets and junk food. The house of such people in a short period of time turns into a warehouse of pizza boxes, packets of chips, wrappers from sweets and ice cream. Eating junk food occurs mechanically. In a depressed state, people do not pay attention to either the taste or the amount eaten. It is logical that uncontrolled eating behavior leads to an increase in body weight and clothing size. In addition, a depressed state leads to hormonal imbalance, including those hormones that are responsible for the metabolic rate.
8. Poor appetite
Another category of people, on the contrary, loses their appetite and forgets to eat during the day, and some literally force themselves to have breakfast, lunch and dinner. Even beautifully served and aromatic dishes lose their attractiveness and do not cause a desire to eat them. Others note that a person literally "melts before our eyes." Gradually, the body is depleted, this is reflected not only in the loss of kilograms, but also in the deterioration of physical well-being. As a result of malnutrition, immunity is weakened. The danger of a prolonged depressive state in this case is the risk of developing anorexia.
7. Excessive anxiety
A state of anxiety and a depressing feeling that something terrible is about to happen is also a sign of upcoming depression. If in a normal state anxiety is of a short-term nature, then a person slowly slipping into depression cannot escape from obsessive anxious thoughts and forebodings. Panic can occur for any reason and even without it. As a rule, the body responds to signals from the brain with increased sweating and rapid heartbeat. Fear of all kinds of diseases joins general anxiety. At the slightest ailment, it seems to a person that this is one of the symptoms of a deadly disease.
6. Low self-esteem and guilt
If you perceive with hostility any statements of others, look for some negative hidden meaning in them, if you think that in a public place everyone is looking only at you and whispering behind your back, discussing your person, this may be one of the signs of mental problems . Usually in a state of depression, a person becomes more suspicious, it seems to him that they constantly find fault with him, they think badly of him. This is also accompanied by guilt. In any mistake, wrong action, problem, quarrel, a person blames only himself. The process of psychological self-flagellation begins, from which the patient with depression becomes even worse.
5. Thoughts of suicide
This is one of the most serious signs of impending depression. Studies have shown that thoughts of death occur in 15% of cases. Against the background of general tension, suspiciousness, guilt, a decrease in interest in life, it seems to a person that if he does not exist, then all problems will be solved by themselves. As soon as such a thought appeared for the first time, you need to take it as an alarming bell, because over time, if you do nothing, there are more such thoughts. They are distinguished by clarity and stability, even a certain obsession. A man imagines in detail how he will die, how they will find him, which of his relatives will come to say goodbye to him.
4. The mess in the room
And this is by no means a creative mess. If you don’t remember the last time you dusted the table, the sink has been washed with unwashed dishes for many days, things are scattered around the apartment and you are stumbling over empty empty boxes, which means that you experience very strong negative emotional experiences. At the same time, contemplation of the disorder depresses, and there is no desire to make your home comfortable and clean. Depression is already clinging to you with its sticky hands and sucks into the abyss of despondency and chaos. The surefire way to break out of her embrace is to make an effort and start not to tidy up, but to throw all unnecessary things out of the house.
3. The lack of joy from the usual activities
This item can be described as a desire to isolate oneself from the whole world, close oneself in a cocoon and limit communication. A person goes into himself, tries not to leave the house, does not answer the phone, does not open the door when anxious friends or relatives come to him. He is completely immersed in a feeling of sadness. Favorite hobbies and hobbies are no longer encouraging, and new ones do not appear due to a lack of interest in the outside world. The person as if loses the ability to experience joy and any positive emotions. This scares him, he begins to worry that not everything is in order with him, but he cannot understand how to cope with the problem.
2. Irritability and negative emotions
During a period of depression, any trifle can lead a person out of himself, no matter what it is, a spoon that has fallen on the floor, or the need to repeat a phrase that the interlocutor did not hear. Irritated, a person very quickly goes into a state of anger and rage. Negative emotions spill over both close and completely unfamiliar people. Even if anger and rage pass without a trace to others, and a person suffering from depression traps feelings inside him, preventing them from going outside, he causes great harm to his body. Negative emotions begin to eat it from the inside and cause many physical ailments.
1. Laughter and tears without much reason
It happens that some memories cause us a smile or tears, but with the impending depression the situation is different. It is generally accepted that the overwhelming amount of time a person suffering from depression is in a sad and depressed state. This is partly true. But it happens that during the day there are sharp jumps in mood, which, if depicted graphically, will look like a cardiogram of a patient who has a naughty heart. Moreover, laughter and tears can occur for no apparent reason. Emotional disorders also appear. In a tragic situation, for example, if someone close to him dies, a person suffering from depression may suddenly laugh for himself.