You
can have negative thoughts which are
closely linked with sadness. Everyone
who is suffering from depression has
negative thoughts such as:
- "I'm not
good at anything"
- "I'm hopeless"
- "Nobody
understands me"
- "Life is
unfair"
- "I have
deserved that everything goes
wrong"
- "I deserve
to be punished"
- "Death would
be a liberation"
Perhaps
you feel that you don't live up to
your own or others' expectations.
You may feel that you are bad at or
unsuitable for the work you do. You
can also feel that you are lazy, indulgent
or too hard on your family. Or perhaps
you label yourself as a bad person.
Feelings
of guilt
You might also have feelings of guilt
over things that you have done. These
feelings can also be related to things
that you have done or they can be
related to things that you ought to
have done.
Your
negative thoughts can contain real
substance. But your feelings of guilt
are exaggerated. Sometimes they are
completely unrealistic and psychotic.
Here is an example of such an exaggerated
feeling of guilt:
When
a man of about 50 years of age became
depressed, he referred time and time
again to his youth. He was employed
in a big company then. The company
distributed work clothes to the staff.
The man had at some point taken a
pair of work trousers home with him.
He could not really explain whether
he had stolen the trousers or not.
Perhaps he had just forgotten to take
them off as he went home.
Now,
approximately 30 years later in his
depression, he was full of guilt feelings
about the trousers. He was adamant
that the trousers event was proof
of his bad and thieving character.
He felt that he ought to go to the
police and receive a hard punishment.
A
psychotic depression requires admission
to hospital and can take a while to
treat. But the man ended up getting
well again.
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