Symptoms of Depression II

Symptoms of Depression II
People with psychoses may develop paranoia, believing that they are being manipulated by known or unknown people or forces that there is a conspiracy against them, or that they are in danger.

No amount of rational explanation changes the delusional belief.

Others may be convinced that they have committed an unpardonable sin against loved ones or against their God and deserve punishment, even death.

Some sufferers become so firmly convinced of their own worthlessness that they begin to view themselves as a burden to their families and choose to kill themselves.

Occasionally, severe depression may result in hallucinations in which the depressed person hears or sees things on people that are not present; other types of hallucinations, such as smelling or feeling that are not present, are less common in severe depression than in some other brain disorders.

The changes occurring with depression understandably result on alteration in behavior,

Most individuals with moderate to severe depression will experience decreased activity levels and appear withdrawn and less talkative, although some severely depressed individuals show agitation and restless behavior, such as pacing the floor wringing their hands and gripping and massaging their foreheads.

Given a choice most begin to avoid people and activities, yet others will be most uncomfortable when alone or not distracted.

In general, the severely depressed become less productive, although they may successfully mask the decline in performance of they have been highly productive in the past.

In the workplace, depression may result in morale problems, absenteeism, decreased productivity, increased accidents, frequent complaints of fatigue, references to unexplained aches and pains, and alcohol and drug abuse.

Severely depressed individual have been known to work their regular schedule during the day, interact with their coworkers in a routine way, and then go home and kill themselves.
Symptoms of Depression II

Symptoms of Depression I

Symptoms of Depression I
There is no blood test for depression. The diagnosis is based on the reports of sufferers about how they feel and on observations of how they look and behave made by doctors and by people who know them well.

The symptoms of depression fall into four categories: mood, cognitive, behavioral and physical.

In other words, depression affects how individual fell, think, and behave as well as how their bodies work.

People with depression ma experience symptoms in any or all of the categories, depending on personal characteristic and the severity and type of depression.

Depressed people generally describe their mood as sad, depressed, anxious, or flat.

Victims of depression often report additional feelings of emptiness, hopelessness, pessimism, uselessness, worthlessness, helplessness, unreasonable guilt, and profound apathy.

Their self esteem is usually low and they may feel overwhelmed, restless or irritable.

Lost of interest in activities previously enjoyed is common and is usually accompanied by a diminished ability to fell pleasure, even in sexual activity.

As the illness worsens, the cognitive ability of the brain is affected. Slowed thinking, difficulty with concentration, memory lapses and problems with decision making become obvious.

Those losses lead to frustration and further aggravate the person’s mounting sense of being overwhelmed.

In its most severe forms, depression causes major abnormalities in the way sufferers see the world around them. They may become psychotic, believing things that are not true or seeing and hearing imaginary people or objects.

Psychosis in depression is not rare between 10 to 25 percent of patients hospitalized for serious depression, especially elderly patients, develop psychotic symptoms.

Symptoms of psychosis may include delusions (irrational beliefs that cannot be resolved with rational explanations) and hallucinations (seeing, hearing, feeling, tasting, or tasting or smelling things or people that are not present).
Symptoms of Depression I