{"id":3321,"date":"2019-02-11T21:20:01","date_gmt":"2019-02-11T21:20:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/depressionhelp\/?p=3321"},"modified":"2019-02-11T21:21:58","modified_gmt":"2019-02-11T21:21:58","slug":"3321","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/depressionhelp\/2019\/02\/3321.html","title":{"rendered":"What Are Depression Symptoms?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/depressionhelp\/2019\/02\/3321.html\/depressionsymptoms\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3323\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3323\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/376\/2019\/02\/depressionsymptoms-300x232.jpg\" alt=\"depression symptoms| Terezia Farkas | Beliefnet|depression help\" width=\"371\" height=\"287\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Depression symptoms can easily be missed, mislabeled, or dismissed. It\u2019s important to know what are depression symptoms so you can tease away other issues that may be masked by depression. Cancer, for instance, will send a person into depression. Old age contains triggers for depression. Grief\u2019s impact can have a person spiralling into depression. <\/span><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Depression symptoms of the DSM-V<\/span><\/h2>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">According to the <strong>DSM-V (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders)<\/strong> you need to be able to check off certain things before you are diagnosed with depression. In order to be diagnosed as depressed, you must show five to nine symptoms during a two-week period. These symptoms must cause you significant distress or obvious changes to your ability to function.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><strong><span class=\"s1\">The symptoms of depression are:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul class=\"ul1\">\n<li class=\"li3\"><span class=\"s3\">Depressed mood (sad, anxious, empty) most of the day, nearly every day (this may manifest as irritable mood in children)<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li3\"><span class=\"s3\">Loss of interest or pleasure in activities previously enjoyed<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li3\"><span class=\"s3\">Appetite changes with significant weight loss or gain<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li3\"><span class=\"s3\">Sleeping too much or insomnia<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li3\"><span class=\"s3\">Feeling restless or having trouble sitting still <\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li3\"><span class=\"s3\">Fatigue or loss of energy<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li3\"><span class=\"s3\">Feelings of worthlessness, excessive or inappropriate guilt, or helplessness<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li3\"><span class=\"s3\">Difficulty concentrating or being indecisive<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li3\"><span class=\"s3\">Recurrent thoughts of death or suicidal ideation<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"p5\"><span class=\"s1\">At least one symptom needs to be:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul class=\"ul1\">\n<li class=\"li6\"><span class=\"s3\">A depressed mood<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li6\"><span class=\"s3\">A loss of interest or pleasure in something you previously enjoyed<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"p7\"><span class=\"s1\">Symptoms can also include persistent headaches, cramps, digestive problems.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cDepression is a cruel disease that can affect anyone. It is very easy, once the symptoms begin, for a person to slide down the black hole of depression where the symptoms spiral and feed off of each other, increasing in severity.\u201d ~\u00a0<\/span>Michelle London, PsyD, Weiss Memorial Hospital in Chicago<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3 class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">How depression feels <\/span><\/h3>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff\" href=\"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/depressionhelp\/2019\/02\/depression-not-sadness.html\">Depression<\/a><\/span> is described many ways. It can feel like living in a black hole, falling into a deep endless pit, or being torn at by black dogs. There is usually a feeling of unease, of some impending doom. You don\u2019t know how to deal with these feelings, and your energy and mood become darker. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">There\u2019s a difference between <span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff\" href=\"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/depressionhelp\/2016\/04\/recognizing-depression-in-men.html\">men and women<\/a><\/span> when it comes to depression. Men are more likely to feel angry and restless. Men will take risks or act recklessly, like gambling, drinking too much, abusing drugs, alcohol or food, having unsafe sex, or driving too fast. A man will not open up and talk about his feelings. More likely, he will mention feeling tired, or how his body aches and hurts. If a man does admit he feels sad, you should let him talk and not scare him away by asking if he wants to visit a doctor. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p7\"><span class=\"s1\">To find out if you are depressed and not sad, you need to be evaluated by a mental health professional. You may need to take a physical exam to make sure there\u2019s no underlying disease that&#8217;s causing you to be depressed. Family history is also important as is your history of medications. If you suspect you are depressed, please get help. 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