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A
prolonged state of depressed mood
and sadness is the crux of a depression.
Psychiatrists use the expression "depressed
mood". That simply means that
your basic mood has been lowered.
You are therefore sad - but more than
that:
- If you are suffering
from depression, you are not just
sad - but very sad!
- If you are suffering
from depression, you are not just
sad often - but sad all the time!
- If you are suffering
from depression, you are not just
sad about something - but sad
about nearly everything!
- If you are suffering
from depression, you are not just
sad about it for a while - but
sad about it for a long time!
- Loosing the
ability to feel happiness
Your
sadness goes on and on. Even though
you once in a while can see that it
is unrealistic to be so sad and pessimistic,
everything seems unimportant or threatening.
You can have the feeling that something
ominous is going to happen, which
you are not in control over.
Depression
can furthermore cause you to loose
your ability to feel happiness so
that you
- loose the ability
to have fun
- loose the ability
to enjoy music, books and art
- loose the ability
to enjoy sex
- have a pessimistic
attitude and feel that everything
is hopeless
- have the feeling
that everything is sad and unimportant
- Twenty-four-hour
variation
But
even though you are depressed all
the time, you can feel better at certain
times of the day than at other times.
This is called the twenty-four-hour
variation
You
often see the twenty-four-hour variation
in depression: You wake up early in
the morning and feel really awful.
This condition has been given the
old fashioned name: "morning
agony".
During
the day things improve a little and
towards the evening you are able to
socialize a little with others. You
can get a little done of what you
need to do. You feel a little less
depressed.
There
are many people who have a twenty-four-hour
rhythm, where they are grumpy in the
morning but cheer up a little later
in the day. When you suffer from depression,
this twenty-four-hour rhythm continues
but at a lower level, where each morning
is unbearable and each evening is
just tolerable.
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