Being stuck in deep depression

Humans are social animals. It is how we are designed. Depression targets this, making us feel alone, unloved and unwanted. It’s an intensely personal experience, for sure, different for everyone who suffers from the horrible black cloud, but it is one that so many people have gone through before. While every person’s experience with depression is unique like everyone is unique there are also overarching commonalities and distinct, potentially helpful classifications. While all depression is horrible there is a range of severity from the most mild onset to the most severe, deep depression that drives people to do the unthinkable. When preparing to deal with depression it is important to look at the symptoms to see where you are on the scale, so we should look at what signs might point to deep depression.

Deep depression takes a deep emotional toll. If someone seems to be perpetually sad they might be on the far side of deep depression. Frequent crying is also a sign, along with a lack of pleasure in activities they once found pleasurable. Depression digs deep into the mind and often causes a deep seeded feeling that they don’t have any worth. Such feelings can drive people to the ultimate risk, planting suicidal thoughts in their mind. If someone says they or the world would be better off if they were dead a red light is going off.

Besides mental symptoms it is also helpful to look to see what kind of physical toll the depression is taking a physical toll on the victim. If someone is having difficulties sleeping and constantly feel fatigued they are at a higher risk for dangerous levels of depression. The victim can gain weight or lose weight dramatically, especially if they are a child, and either change is likely to compound the existing problems. Another red flag is if the person slows down there normal pace noticeably and consistently.

The more of these symptoms the person in question is experiencing the more severe the depression risk is. Of course it isn’t necessary to experience all of the symptoms to be in a deep depression, a completely physically healthy person who is plagued by suicidal thoughts is definitely at an extreme risk.

If you are experiencing depression you need to know that people care. Contacting physical and mental health professionals should be at the top of your list of things to do. Depression is horrible, I know, I’ve been there, but you can make it out and it will be better on the other side. You just need to keep pressing forward no matter what, never giving up. It’s a hard fight but you can and will be victorious.

If it’s someone you know just make sure you’re there for them and that they know it.

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For with much wisdom comes much sorrow; the more knowledge, the more grief. What keeps us in deep depression when were gifted? The state of humanity (life as a whole to be precise), and the nature of suffering (NN)