Mild Depression ~ Recognition

Massive depression when the dementors have a firm grasp of things is easy to recognize.  The symptoms are so overwhelming, they are hard to miss.  But what about the insidious depression that is not recognized as such?  It can be dangerous.

If unrecognized and treated, this mild depression can grow like a weed until it chokes out all the happiness in life.  So today, I am going to talk about some of the symptoms that might fly below the radar.

• Fatigue without any physical causes
• Desire to sleep all the time - or-
• Inability to sleep through the night without awakening
• Minor body aches and pains without physical causes
• Changes in appetite (more or less or crazy cravings)
• Changes in bowel or bladder function without physical cause
• Nervous habits like biting your fingernails or digging at your scalp
• Inertia - Finding it hard to organize time, thoughts, and things
• A tendency to perseverate - watching the same movie over and over, or spending hours playing the same computer games, just to fill the time and numb the mind - a sort of plug-in-drug

OK.  I'm there.  Now what do I do?  We'll work it through together, beginning tomorrow.  I think.

Text copyright Gebara Education April 2013

 

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