What does depression feel like?

For months, Carol, a travel agent, has felt very sad. She feels extremely fatigued and lethargic. She finds it difficult to sleep at night, and her craving has decreased. Though reading was erst a passion of hers, lately she lacks the immersion to modify pore on the morning paper. She no longer enjoys activities with her friends and family. She is plagued with feelings of hopelessness; ofttimes she struggles to make it out of bed in the morning. She finds herself asking what the point is to her life and wonders if life is modify worth living.

Carol suffers from depression. Depression is not only “being sad” or “being in a bad mood.” Depression is a physiological problem caused by a chemical imbalance in the brain. Also known as clinical incurvation or major depression, it can last months or years if left untreated.

Some symptoms of clinical incurvation include:

    * Feelings of hopelessness, negativity, and pessimism
    * Persistent sad, anxious, or \"empty\" mood
    * Feelings of guilt, worthlessness, helplessness
    * Difficulty concentrating, remembering, making decisions
    * Loss of welfare or pleasure in hobbies and activities that were erst enjoyed, including sex
    * Decreased energy, fatigue, being \"slowed down\"
    * Sleep disturbances much as insomnia, early-morning awakening, or oversleeping
    * Appetite and/or weight loss or overeating and weight gain
    * Thoughts of modification or suicide; suicide attempts
    * Restlessness, irritability
    * Persistent fleshly symptoms that do not respond to treatment, much as headaches, digestive disorders, and chronic pain

People with major incurvation can not only “shake off” their feelings. Depression does not go absent by itself; however, almost all people with incurvation can overcome it with the comely treatment.