Depression is a severe mental disorder, which can result in a series of negative physical, mental, or financial consequences. But what is depression?
Symptoms of depression
What is depression? It is easiest to look at the symptoms of depression.
Depressive symptoms may include:
1, feeling sad almost every day
2, a significant decline in interest
3, a significant increase or decrease in appetite,
significant weight loss or weight gain
4, sleep problems almost every day
5, agitation
6, energy loss almost every day
7, a feeling of worthlessness or a significant sense of guilt
almost every day
8, decreased ability to concentrate
9, death-related thoughts or suicidal thoughts
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How to overcome depression?
Daily activities
What can we do then?
It also depends on the severity of the symptoms. We can always try to increase daily duties slowly: do a little activity every day, for example, get up and take out the trash or take a shower, and walk for 5 minutes. Write down what activities did you enjoy before the depressive episode and do 1-1 per day, including activities like watching your favorite movie, listening to your favorite music, playing an instrument, or doing whatever hobby made you happy before.
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Negative thoughts
In addition to increasing activity, we can always pay a little attention to our negative thoughts, for example, I’m useless, I am worthless, nobody likes me, etc. Then examine these negative thoughts if they contain any cognitive distortions e.g. I never … I always…
Seek out help
If you feel, that you are having a serious problem that you cannot solve by yourself, I advise you to see a psychologist who will help you to restore your previous life. And you can always call helplines:
https://www.113.nl/
http://old.ifightdepression.com/be/
Source: DSM-5, 2013
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