Depression: 5 signs that must alert you

Depression: 5 signs that must alert you

Low morale, sleep disturbances, hypersensitivity ... How do you know if it's a depression or not? On the occasion of the European Day of Depression, on October 27, we take stock of the signs that must alert, with the psychologist, Amélia Lobbé.

As Amélia Lobbé, author of Overcoming Depression and Burnout (Ed. Leduc.S) explains, "depression is a real disease that causes a slowing down of the whole organism". It is, for the most part, synonymous with deep sadness, depression, melancholy, emotions, demotivation, loss of morale and confidence in the future, and sometimes anxiety.

Depression acts as a filter that changes your perception and your relationship to others. It can affect anyone, even dynamic, cheerful and positive people. Fortunately, nowadays depression is treated and treated.

This disease, sometimes difficult to diagnose covers a set of symptoms, which vary from person to person. But some signs can alert ...

You feel unmotivated

For some time now, you have been feeling unmotivated and you have no taste for anything. You feel a lot of sadness and rather unusual and your morale is low, and does not seem to be improving day by day.

Your morale is down

You gradually lose your self-confidence, you feel zero and below all. You are apathetic, or, on the contrary, completely agitated, and consequently you have a hard time concentrating. Moral side also it does not go, you have very black ideas like ideas of suicide ... it is probably about a depression, and it is necessary in this case to consult a health professional as soon as possible.

You are hypersensitive

You, who usually are not particularly, have become hypersensitive, very emotional. You cry often, for a yes or a no. Or, you can not feel emotions and cry, you are like "emptied".

You have trouble sleeping

Your nights are not the same: you have lost sleep, or on the contrary, you sleep all the time, but can not recover. You feel exhausted and everything requires a considerable effort.

You have visible signs

Some disorders and physical changes can also alert you: sudden and repeated back pain, stomach aches, skin problems, hair loss, trouble breathing ... Also, sudden weight gain or loss can to be the sign that something is wrong.

How to differentiate the passenger's blow from a depression?

Each symptom taken independently may seem rather innocuous to you and be attributed to the stress of everyday life (aside from the idea of ​​suicide, which must alert you immediately). It can happen to all women to experience regular low morale, feeling zero, being demotivated or exhausted (this can happen once a month, for example). It is the whirlwind of life and it is not disturbing.

But if a fairly abrupt change in your way of life occurs and you have many of these symptoms for at least 15 days, apart from PMS and organic causes, it may be depression.

For example, you are dynamic, sporty, talkative and cheerful, and in the space of a few weeks, you have become taciturn, you feel dejected and always exhausted, you no longer want to play sports or to see your friends, you cry often, you feel confused that something is wrong and you struggle with your problems without managing to overcome them. You should then be vigilant. Maybe you're just going through a bad patch, because of problems with your relationship or work problems. But it may be a deeper evil ... You should therefore consult a doctor to perform a checkup and express your feelings.

Thanks to Amélia Lobbé, psychologist in Paris, and author of the book Conquering Depression and Burnout at Editions Leduc.S.