Do you think you are under depression? If you have a doubt kindly have a look on these signs.

1. You can’t sleep or you sleep in excess.

2. You can’t focus on what you are reading or doing?

3. You feel discouraged and weak.

4. You become pessimist, although you don’t want to be.

5. Sometimes you don’t feel like eating, whereas in other times, you eat a lot.

6. You become short tempered; you even start fighting on trifles.

7. You become addicted to alcohol.

8. You lose interest in life (if this is the case, you should refer to some doctor as soon as possible).

These were few of the most common signs of depression. But don’t consider them all. These were just those that are experienced by most of the sufferers.

Below, a thorough enlightenment has made on almost all the signs and symptoms of depression.

Getting pessimistic and helplessness : ‘You feel weak, or you have started thinking in a way that nothing is going to work out.’ If that is the case, then you must know that it is an emergency. Rather than wasting any more time, immediately consult a specialist, otherwise thing may even go out of your hand.

Daily activities don’t excite you anymore – Have you lost interest in daily activities like going to office, playing with your kids, enjoying your hobbies, working in the kitchen, dropping your kids to school, going to college and so on? Then probably you are under the influence of depression.

Fluctuation in body weight : There may be times when you don’t feel like eating at all, whereas there will be situations, in which no matter how much you eat, you hunger won’t get quenched. If that is what you are dealing with, then probably you are depressed. Well, the consequences of such habits will lead fluctuation in body weight. There are chances that your body weight can vary up to 5%.

Sleep Disturbances – Well, this is about oversleeping (hypersomnia) or insomnia (sleeping less). Have you been sleeping until the sun comes on the head? Or is it that you wake up before the morning? If any of the cases goes with you, then perhaps you are under depression.

Psychomotor Agitation or Retardation – Under this category, we will see the psychological symptoms of depression. 5 most prominent psychological symptoms of depression are:

1. Feeling agitated and restless.

2. Feel of tiredness, lethargic, and heaviness.

3. Self-loathing. Worthlessness or guilt. Feeling that others have no value of you.

4. Reckless behavior. Substance violence, habitual of gambling, out of control driving, or hazardous sports.

5. Concentration problems. Capability to focus and to remember things goes down. This is known as a “Brain Fog”.

6. Unexplained pains. Headaches, back pain, aching muscles, and stomach pain.

Thoughts of Death – If you have been thinking to end your life or kill others, then you are at one of the most serious stages of depression. In such case, immediately rush to a specialist and do not stay alone.

These were the symptoms that people under depression face. But as we know that depression varies from one human being to another, its symptoms also vary respectively.

Thus depression symptoms have been classified according to different age groups:

Depression’ symptoms in adults : There is a lot that adults have to deal with. Personal life, professional life, responsibilities, desires and so on. All these together sometimes lead to a situation we know by the name of ‘depression’. If you are experiencing any of these symptoms, then probably you are depressed:

1. Getting ignorant about your career

2. Lowering down the importance of cultural and traditional values

3. Moving on to drugs

4. Feeling lonely

5. Anger

6. Getting less affectionate to your family and friends

Depression in Teens: Teenage is the time when we fall in love, when we start seeing the world, when we come to know about things we weren’t aware of, when innovation takes birth. Since so much happens in this stage of life, it is somewhat obvious that the possibility to get depressed is quite high. Below mentioned are the few general symptoms of depression in teens:

1. Communication gap with our parents

2. Staying angry all the time

3. Photophobia - fear from the light and willingness to stay in the dark

4. Getting antisocial

5. Getting desperate for sex

Depression in Elders (above 45 years of age) : It is not easy to grow old, especially for those who had a lot in their youth. Along with this, there are several other points that separate depression in elderly from others. Below mentioned are the main signs and symptoms of elderly depression:

1. Feeling ugly

2. Getting over conscious about how you look

3. Hair fall

4. Inability to remember things

5. Talking to much

Depression symptoms in Men vs. depression in Women :

If we compare the depression in men to the depression in women, then you may be surprised to know that levels of depression vary in these two genders. Men are more likely to experience irritability, sleep problems, fatigue, and loss of interest in activities whereas among women, it is seen that they tend to have more sadness and guilt feelings. According to the studies, it has been found that percentage of men suffering from anger attacks is double as compared to women. Plus, the frequency of these attacks in men is as much as thrice to the frequency in women.

The similar set of symptoms which is found in men and women both are: depressed mood, lack of motivation, loss of pleasure, changes in appetite, sleep disturbances, feelings of guilt and difficulty concentrating.

It has found that women are more likely to show visible signs of emotion, for instance crying, whereas men often becomes more rigid and they are considered to show less emotion than women. However, it has been seen that sleeping pattern and weight changes are much more likely to occur among women whereas in case of men these symptoms are found very less.

With the consistent change in lifestyle and breakneck competition, life isn’t easy for even teenagers anymore. In the present times, struggles for teen get started right from their high school and keep on growing with their qualification.

Let’s know how that struggle gets the shape of depression and what its symptoms are.

When we are talking about how the teen struggle gets the shape of depression, the foremost point we must know in this regard is ‘expectation’. Yes! You heard it right-‘expectation.

C’mon, we must acknowledge that each of us wants one or other thing from our kids. While few of us are ambitious about their career, other are much bothered about their behaviour and habits. Few parents have problems with the girlfriends or the boyfriends their kids choose. These expectations drive them crazy and gradually they get sucked by depression. If you don’t want your lad to be engulfed by depression, then stop burdening him with your expectations.

The next point is change of lifestyle. We all know that with the onset of social networking websites and the adoption of so called ‘ultra modern lifestyle’, the meaning of being social has changed drastically. Now, parents don’t communicate as much as they should, which often makes their teen kids feel lonely. And we all know that feeling lonely is initial stage of depression.

So, stop expecting and start communicating!

Depression is a mental state where patient loses motivation and if not treated on time can also lead to suicide. Yes, depression may result from some kind of loss or injury but it must get fine as the time passes but if it prevails than the problem arises. Unfortunately many people suffer from this psychological disorder.

Depression commonly shows few symptoms which we are going to highlight in our article. For an instance a patient suffering from depression finds difficult to concentrate on his/her work. He finds difficult to remember details of the work he is doing. Patient often faces the situation of dilemma in taking any kind of decision in his life.

The excitement and happiness goes missing and therefore energy level decreases sometimes resulting in fatigue. When this depression is due to some kind of negative past experiences then sometimes patient undergoes a feeling of guilt and helplessness. Patient loses the positive attitude and becomes pessimist.

Daily routine also gets disturbed, for an instance patient is not able to sleep. This is known as insomnia. Sometimes reverse happens, that is patient starts taking excessive sleep. Irritation and restlessness too starts showing up in patient’s behavior.

Overeating or appetite loss also occurs. Sometimes patient gains excess weight and fat due to overeating and sometimes patient stops consuming regular normal diet resulting in loss of weight. Body ache problems may also start like headache or cramps. Digestive system becomes weak and patient often suffers from constipation or other digestion related problems.

I consider depression as the worst of all evils. It takes away all you have and all you desire. Even your sleep!

Yes, depression has direct influence on sleeping. You must have heard many people saying that they sleep late nights or they cannot sleep without a sleeping pill.

Have you ever wonder why does this happen? Even after doing hard work throughout the day, why can’t one sleep at night? Well the answer to this is nothing else but depression. That person must be suffering from depression. There must be something on his head that must be bothering him/her. Sleepless nights are the primary symptoms of depression.

This was one important sign of depression; now let us discuss the next common symptom of depression. In many cases, it has been seen that individuals sleep lot more than they should. There are other reasons for this, but in 8 out of 10 cases, depression was found as the reason for extended sleeping.

When in depression, our body remains low. We get lazy! This is the reason why, when one is in depression, even if they wake up, they find it too hard to leave their bed.

This isn’t just harmful, but disastrous. Do not consider this as the only negative outcome of depression. This is only the beginning. If not handled properly, depression can do lot more than one can ever imagine. So control is as soon as possible.

Millions of people from all around the globe will say yes to this. I know life isn’t easy for all. There are many, who even after completing all their responsibilities and duties are left for being nothing but lonely.

I know it would sound impossible to do, but don’t let that happen, as loneliness is a very big sign board of depression. And I am sure each of you knows how bad depression is.

Though no one died because of depression (in my knowledge), but it is fact that depression is the gateway to hundreds of physical problems. But more than anything else, you lose yourself while in depression.

Now the question that arises is ‘how to deal with it’? Actually it isn’t as tough as it is believed to be.

You will be surprised to know that there are people who take medicine to come out of depression. No offence, but it makes me die laughing. Stop taking pills for everything!

Do what I suggest and I assure that soon you get your spark back and you’ll find yourself far away from depression.

Start going for morning walks (jogging will be even better) for at least 30-50 minutes. Plan your daily activities and make sure you allocate time to yourself. With ‘time for yourself’, I mean time for doing something you like doing (like playing some game, listening to your favourite tracks, going on drive etc).

Now, last but not the least- start sharing what you feel with your loved ones.

There has always been a notion of confusion when it comes to consider reduced sex drive as a sign of depression. But it goes that way no more.

Today you’ll get an answer to this right here.

Well, I say yes. It is a sign of depression. Let’s know it well and also explore its affects.

When you are in depression, you feel low, which affects all the activities performed by you. Having sex is not an exception. You don’t feel like wasting so much of energy, being already so down.

Another illustration in this regard is the fact that, while you are in depression, you feel like sleeping most of the time. You go to bed early and wake up later, which takes away your real time of having sex.

This has disastrous results! It affects your relationship. Your partner starts feeling dejected, unloved and may even start hating you. Working this out is as important as nothing.

So let’s know few ways by which you can bang your depression, save your relationship and stay happy.

* First of all, stop hiding from the cause of you depression, face it and then destroy it. Keep “bring it on” attitude!
* Talk to your partner about this. Tell him/her about the problems on your head. This will work as a healer.
* Stay optimistic!

Indeed depression is become quite common mental disorder in people of today, as the environment is becoming damn hectic. In this hectic environment, people are fighting with their issues and these issues are becoming too major that people take them as stress on their mind. Continuous stress on mind causes depression, thus usually it is quite difficult to examine the symptoms of depression. As there are no certain or particular symptom of this issue depression.

Listen, in the queue of depression, there are hazardous kind of several depression available and all having several symptoms too. Here we are going to highlight different types of depression. Believe me you really need to know the all kinds of depression, as while visiting to your doctor you can talk to him openly and widely for sure.

The symptoms of depression can be vary depending upon you gender, age and personality. At the time, when depression ends up more than 90 days, that condition of depression is considered as a major depression kind. Prolonged sadness and listless is a manic sign of depression symptoms. However, irritability, a thought of hopelessness and helplessness also includes in the category of depression symptoms. Having depression, you may not feel sound sleep, and you can feel overwhelmed sadness and sleep changes can be seen as the symptoms of depression. So at the time, when you see such symptoms in you, immediately you need to visit a doctor and try to come out of your circumstance as soon as possible.

As delay in medication can make the disease more complicating, and it can easily cure in its early stage.