Everyone does feel despondent sporadically about about something specific but depression is much more dreadful than that. If you, or someone you know, is suffering from a number of the symptoms from the list at the end of this page, then it is likely that it has become depression. Any serious moment in our lives has the potential to bring about a downward spiral into depression if left unexamined or unresolved.

With support most of us will manage to work through things over time, but a loss in one area of our lives can cause us to be less motivated about other things until that too becomes a loss and lessens our resolve to keep going. Each loss or withdrawal from any of the important areas in our lives will decrease the level of “Seratonin” in our body and subsequently life becomes progressively harder. The chemical “Seratonin” produced by our brain is responsible for our mood factor and our level of motivation, this is automatically maintained by our body whilst our everyday life produces some level of satisfaction that we find rewarding.

Getting involved in any activities that give us a feeling of purpose and satisfaction will create the lifestyle needed, that is necessary for a healthy balance to avoid depression.

By maintaining a healthy balanced diet and including a form of exercise in your life then it is implausible that depression will ever be able to get a foothold in our lives, but anyone of us could be vulnerable when unexpected events take place in our lives. It is easy to see how it could become a vicious circle, with each loss in our lives reducing our “Seratonin” levels, and with reduced levels this lowers our mood factor even more, and consequently diminishing our motivation still further.
Below are a number of the symptoms of depression and is intended as a guide

Lack of any hope that things will improve,
Feeling that nothing really matters anymore,
Constantly feeling sad,
Loss of sexual appetite,
Loss of appetite or overeating,
Interrupted and unsatisfying sleeping pattern,
Pointless physical movements such as pacing up and down, rocking in chair, tapping fingers,
Nothing seems to be fun anymore,
Low self esteem,
Feeling worthless
Frequent thoughts of suicide,
Regularly feeling irritable,
Constantly feeling fed up,
Struggling to concentrate or remember things

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