| Depression |
| What is depression? |
| Signs & Symptoms |
| Good Stuff - books, links etc. |
| What is depression? |
| Sign & Symptoms |
| * feeling like a constant miserable sod *negativity * self doubt * difficulty concentrating * tearfulness/persistent sadness * feelings of guilt or worthlessness without reason * feeling knackered * difficulty sleeping/never getting your arse out of bed (not to be confused with typical 'student laziness syndrome') * loss of appetite/never stop eating * loss of sex drive * headaches (and hangovers don't count) * constipation * finding it hard to function at school or college * not being able to enjoy doing things you used to find fun * self harm * thoughts of suicide and death * you start drinking more to cheer yourself up. |
| Causes |
| There are loads of different types of depression with lots of posh scientific names, which we'll go into more detail about later on, but basically depression is when you feel like shit on someone's shoe for the majority of the time! Everything seems to have little meaning, which makes it difficult to motivated to do coursework and the such like, if not impossible, as you can't see the sense of the point in it. This doesn't mean that when you can't be arsed to work 'cos your a lazy buggar you turn round and use depression as an excuse. Some forms of it are severe enough to make life seem unlivable, so it's really not something to knock. A dictionary definition of depression is; 1.a. The act of depressing. b. The condition of being depressed. 2.a. A state of gloom and meloncholy often accompanied by feelings of inadequacy and lack of energy |
| Medical stuff - explaining the terms and pills the dr.s dish out |
| Causes |
| Depression can be caused by many things this is only a basic list just to give you some idea of the hugeness:- *Stress *Emotional neglect *Sexual abuse *Physical abuse *Emotional abuse *Pressure *Difficult home life *Bereavement *Bullying |
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| *I'm confused what is depression?* Don't fret we'll try and explain it as best we can! |