It is very normal sometimes to feel a bit down, anxious or stressed, as daily issues related to career and society can fuel temporary bursts of sorrows and make you feel a bit “off.” While it is natural not to feel best every day if you are obsessed by a relentless sense of anguish that stops you to enjoy the things you love the most, then it is the time to look closely at your feelings.

Although the very common sign of depression is a deep sense of despair, still depression many times also influences people in other ways. Not every depressed person experiences have the same symptoms and the intensity can be different depending on the circumstances of an individual or person.

On the other hand, Feeling sad is a normal human response to difficult times and sooner or later goes away. This sense can be assumed a little part of the depression, and few people with depression also may not be sad at all. 

If you find it difficult to determine whether you are depressed or only sad for some reasons, here are some points to think through. As per the therapists, if you are having any of these symptoms for approximately half a month, then chances are that you have depression.

Lack of Concentration

If you find it difficult to meet with commitments, deadlines, or routine errands appear to slip-up and seem fuzzy, it can also be a sign of depression. 

Trouble concentrating, memorizing or decisions making is an outcome of your mind being preoccupied with feelings of sadness that leads to blurred thinking and perhaps certain strange and out-of-character resolutions.

Increased or decreased Appetite

As depression makes you reserved and checked out, it can result in loss of appetite. Forgetting your meals or losing interest in preparing or cooking for yourself, is the common symptoms. 

The opposite can also occur, you may experience improved hunger driven to overeating, as the body may use food binges as a basis of comfort.

Irresistible Sense of Fear

Another symptom is panic thoughts or feeling anxious. More than the worrying about new circumstances, anxiety is an endless sense of obsessive and panicked thoughts that may cause physical symptoms as well, like an unstable heartbeat, sweating and sleep problems.

Losing Interest Hobbies and Activities

Possibly you have always planned for a Monday-night dance class or scrapbooking many loving memories, but when the day comes you don’t find that motivation or longing to do it. If this results in avoiding lots of outings and experiences, then it is something serious. 

Depression can make you unconcerned about your interests and hobbies that once provided you joy, therefore stopping these activities that could improve your mood. Depression Counselling helps you to understand how to avoid such negative thought and come back to normal life again.

These are only a few possible symptoms of depression, at any stage your routine life and normal activity gets disturbed by these major symptoms, which means assessing further. Depression is not a significant weakness or a character flaw and is not something you can simply shake. 

If you be certain that you are experiencing any symptoms of depression, it is essential to seek out professional help. A therapist or psychologist can help you by talking to you on your issues and by teaching you to how to acknowledge your emotions and cope up with the negative thoughts.