Recognize that we are entering depression is challenging, since many symptoms of this disease, considered one of the most disabling of the world by the WHO (World Health Organization) are confused with a lingering sadness.
Self-diagnosis, however, is a crucial first step, since it is from it that we understand how much we need the support of loved ones and counseling to treat the disorder.
Do you want to know how to find out if you are going into depression? Then check out the four signals to separate you definitely understand everything behind this disease:
Knowing depression
Just in Brazil, 17 million people are depressed, whose source dwells in changes in brain neurotransmitters (such as serotonin, noradrenaline, and dopamine) but also in different situations such as:
- Frustrations (financial dependency, unemployment and disillusionment etc.).
- Genetic factors.
- Trauma (such as accidents or the death of a friend or family member).
- Substance abuse (alcohol, drugs and illicit drugs).
- Side effect of medication.
All this can lead to a debilitating and difficult framework to get rid of without help. So, learn to identify the signs that you are becoming depressed:
1. Constant tiredness and frequent indisposition
It’s hard to deal with their own motivation if the routine itself is based on stressful events, but depression becomes even pleasurable activities into something banal.
Thus, the activities are replaced by periods of inactivity and isolation becomes the best company. If there is no explanation for this change in behavior, you may want to seek counseling to understand the change.
2. Continuous feeling of sadness
What differs from the usual sadness of depression, according to experts, are the frequency and intensity of feeling: if it persists for more than 15 days without a break, it is possible that melancholy has a diagnosis.
However, it is necessary to investigate the origin of helplessness. First, an open dialogue with people you trust can facilitate the search for an explanation, but the diagnosis and psychological help are more than essential in this process.
3. Changes in appetite and sleep
oversleeping (or very little) and feel no (or very hungry) are symptomatic cases common in depressed person.
It is important to pay attention if there are any revealing reason behind it - disorders such as anxiety, for example, can change the quality of appetite and sleep - or if such difficulties arose with other signs that point out here.
4. Body aches
In addition to psychological signs, depression attacks indirectly the body, reflecting widespread anxiety in pain or dysfunction, such as:
- Tension in the muscles, shoulders and neck
- Colic, diarrhea or heartburn.
- Pressure in the chest.
- Headaches.
By having indirectly related to the disease, many ignore the physical symptoms, when in fact, they can help in the diagnosis.
How it is done the diagnosis
There are dozens of symptoms that help recognize the disease, but in general, experts point out that depressive symptoms are better identified when there is the presence of at least 5 of them - and not always all the signs are revealed. For example, not all suffer from heartburn as a symptom related to depression.
That is why self-knowledge is crucial to whether we are entering depression. Identify the sudden behavioral change is significant for help. In this process, the assistance of a psychologist is very important for the discovery and prescribing appropriate treatment.
It is noteworthy that ignore the symptoms - and the disease itself - will not make them disappear. On the contrary, there are great chances to aggravate the situation, leading to serious problems such as chronic depression and deepening sadness (which, in turn, can increase the helplessness develop morbid thoughts and lead even to suicide).
It is therefore a suggestion: if you think you are becoming depressed, subscribe to our newsletter and learn more about this disorder and multiple ways of looking at this and other diseases!
