Tuesday, 22 July 2008

All Of These Apply

According to clinical-depression.co.uk:

-You feel miserable and sad.

-You feel exhausted a lot of the time with no energy .

-You feel as if even the smallest tasks are sometimes impossible.

-You seldom enjoy the things that you used to enjoy-you may be off sex or food or may 'comfort eat' to excess.

-You feel very anxious sometimes.

-You don't want to see people or are scared to be left alone. Social activity may feel hard or impossible.

-You find it difficult to think clearly.

-You feel like a failure and/or feel guilty a lot of the time.

-You feel a burden to others.

-You sometimes feel that life isn't worth living.

-You can see no future. There is a loss of hope. You feel all you've ever done is make mistakes and that's all that you ever will do.

-You feel irritable or angry more than usual.

-You feel you have no confidence.

-You spend a lot of time thinking about what has gone wrong, what will go wrong or what is wrong about yourself as a person. You may also feel guilty sometimes about being critical of others (or even thinking critically about them).

-You feel that life is unfair.

-You have difficulty sleeping or wake up very early in the morning and can't sleep again. You seem to dream all night long and sometimes have disturbing dreams.

-You feel that life has/is 'passing you by.'

-You may have physical aches and pains which appear to have no physical cause, such as back pain.

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