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Navtej Kolhi- Depression Symptoms
By navtej-kohli | June 25, 2008
Navtej Kohli talks about depression and how to spot whether or not a person is suffering from depression.
Someone has rightly said, “Life is not a bed of roses.” But does that makes your life a bed of thorns?
Of course Not!
Its all self inflicted! Times are when we get engulfed in dense clouds of melancholy and gloom. However, there is nothing peculiar about it, it’s naturally human! We all feel low and sad at one point or another. But sometimes these thoughts grow so intense that it starts affecting our routine life. Medically, such state of mind is termed as Depression.
As hunger-to-achieve-all is relentlessly panging within us, at same time we are dwelling into gray emotions like loss, failure, guilt etc. some recent surveys suggest a dramatic rise in the number of depression cases identified globally. Sadly, these surveys don’t consider the depression cases that go undiagnosed.
There exists a very thin line between depression and sadness. Depression is a much severe or rather advanced form of sadness. Let’s decipher the difference between the two.
Commonly depression entails pessimism followed by a keen sense of guilt, incessant sadness and overwhelming hopelessness. Besides, depression also hinders our concentration power and decision making capacities. Here, I’m not referring to the mild indecisiveness that some of us possess in nature, what I’m talking about is the absolute inability to function in everyday life situations.
Then there are those plagued by fatigue and low energy levels. Some complains of constant body aches, despite proper treatment. Along with physical ailments changes have also been noticed in sleeping habits. While Insomnia can be seen as one symptom, hypersomnia can be seen as another. Quite reverse, isn’t?
People often lose interest in activities, they earlier took pleasure in. Change in appetite also occurs with depression. People either start bingeing on food or vice versa.
If you or anyone you know continues to show any of these symptoms for more than two weeks, it’s time to ring alarm. Don’t indulge into self-diagnosis. Depression is a serious problem that needs proper treatment and medication.
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