Depression is characterised by a heavy, lifeless feeling in which a person feels very little energy or motivation to do anything at all. Feelings of hopelessness, worthlessness and guilt are aspects of depression and can become as severe as feeling suicidal. Depressed people can have difficulty crying or feeling any other emotions at all. Loss of interest in pleasurable activities and sex, disturbance in sleep or appetite are also common. Some symptoms of depression may overlap with symptoms of anxiety and quite often people have a mixture of both. Depression usually involves a repression of feelings, quite often anger, that can be turned against the self in quite destructive ways. Treatment involves helping the afflicted person to reconnect with feelings and express them in appropriate ways.
| < Prev | Next > |
|---|
