Here is a simple depression quiz to take to see if you might be depressed. It would probably be easier to print out the quiz and write your answers next to each question.
Answer each of the following questions with either: not at all; just a little; somewhat; moderately; quite alot; very much
Depression Quiz
1. Do Things slow.
2. My future seems hopeless.
3. It is hard for me to concentrate on reading.
4. The pleasures and joys have gone out of my life.
5. I have difficulty making decisions.
6. I have lost interest in aspects of like that used to be important to me.
7. I feel, sad, blue, and unhappy.
8. I am agitated and keep moving around.
9. I feel fatigued.
10. It takes a great effort for me to do simple things.
11. I feel that I am a guilty person who deserves to be punished.
12. I feel like a failure.
13. I feel lifeless--more dead than alive.
14. My sleep has been disturbed--too little, to much, or broken sleep.
15. I spend time thinking about how I might kill myself.
16. I feel trapped and caught.
17. I feel depressed even when good things happen to me.
18. Without trying to diet, I have lost or gained weight.
If you have answered most of the questions with the answers of somewhat or very much, then you could be depressed. Contact your doctor immediately. Depression can be treated.
National Depressive and Manic Depressive Association
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İMarch 2000 kimberlyrogers2000@yahoo.com