7 Signs You Might Be Suffering from Depressio !

♦Weight changes:

Depression can result in a total lack of interest in food, so somebody may begin to lose weight without even realizing it. But the opposite can happen, too to fill the emotional void, some of us turn to food and will gain weight in turn.

♦Sleep problems:

Just like with appetite, the physical changes can swing to either extreme. You may suddenly find that you’re tired and sleeping all day, or that you can’t get a wink’s shuteye at all. .
A particularly common form of sleep deprivation is to find yourself waking up in the middle of the night, night after night..

♦Aches and pains:

"A lot of people don’t realize that depression comes with bona fide physical symptoms," says Gallson. Feeling sick to your stomach, knots in the gut, a weak immune system and constant colds and flu, whole body aches and pains, and exacerbated chronic conditions ('such as arthritis') can all come with a depressive episode.

♦Anger and irritability:

"If you are continually depressed, you can become 
extremely frustrated, and this can manifest as anger," says Kaey. Anger is depression turned inward, as the expression goes. Having a short fuse, and finding that little things that would normally not bother you suddenly have the power to completely ruin your day could be a sign of buried depression.

♦Alcoholism:

About 40 percent of people who suffer from depression struggle with alcohol, according to the MDSC.
Drug use’illicit and prescription’are also common ways that many of us try to escape our emotions. It doesn’t just mask the problem, it can also make things worse; liver damage and poor health only worsen depressive episodes.

♦Concentration issues:

Finding yourself unable to focus, taking three hours to do something that ought to take half an hour, struggling to formulate your thoughts coherently’these are also factors that come with depression. If you constantly feel that you have no mental energy, and feel like your mind is muffled and numb, it may be time to seek help.

♦Problems with work:

Depression can severely interfere with your ability to work‘waking up in the morning and not feeling capable of getting out of bed can lead people to long bouts of absenteeism.
But even just missing a day or two every week’or just constantly coming in late and leaving early’is a common sign. "Presenteeism" meaning regular attendance but failure to get anything done, is also a sign.

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