Signs of Depression

A combination of these symptoms could indicate depression:

• Change in personality - sad, withdrawn, anxious, and apathetic.
• Change in behavior - depressed, can't concentrate, absent from school or work.
• Alteration of eating or sleeping patterns.
• Loss of interest in friends, activities, or hobbies previously enjoyed.
• Fear of losing control, going crazy.
• Drug or alcohol abuse.
• Helplessness to get out of situations, powerless.
• Slowing of thought or movement.
• Sexual promiscuity.
• Feelings of guilt and self-reproach, often without sufficient cause.
• Sense of futility and worthlessness.
• Negative feelings about themselves.
• Constant fatigue - may feel worse early in the day and improve toward evening.
• Chronic but unexplained aches and pains.
• Loss of interest in life.
• An inability to make decisions, analyze or solve problems.
• Taking risks, involving themselves in dangerous undertakings.
• Difficulty making decisions.
• Significant weight change.
• Hopelessness.
• Declining dependability.
• Increased sick days.
• Thoughts of death or suicide.
• Rejection (by parents/friends foster feelings of low self-esteem and worth)
• Anger (if youth does not know how to express or effectively handle anger, especially if taught that anger is bad).
• Guilt - from feelings of failure, condemnation.
• Hormonal changes.
• Diet
• Grief due to loss.
• Chronic illness.
• Abuse (all types).
• Traumatic event.
• PAS (Post -Abortion Syndrome).
• PMS (Premenstrual Syndrome).
• Helplessness.

If you have several of these, we recommend you see a Doctor for an assessment. And call us to talk, or use the live chat.