Depression Symptoms Test
Human Givens understands depression. These five depression symptoms test questions will answer whether you are depressed and what you can do if you are.
Are you Depressed and what you can do
You are panicking. Something is not right. You feel terrible – and you ask Am I depressed? What you are desperate to find is the definitive depression symptoms test. After all, you know the difference between just not feeling great and under the weather. And this is much worse. Is this what a depression is, you ask yourself. And if the answer is yes , then what are the depression symptoms to test what is going on for me?
These are the five questions you should be asking yourself right now. And if you answer yes to all or most of them, then yes indeed you are depressed. But do not despair. For, by answering yes to these questions you are opening yourself to recovery.
Depression Symptoms Test – Five Questions
The first depression symptoms test question: Do you always seem to be tired, especially when you wake up?
This is the most important depression symptoms test. It is because tiredness and especially in the mornings is the key sign of depression. Many depressed people can barely drag themselves out of bed in the morning. And the reason for this is because they are dreaming too much in a desperate attempt to clear their heads of all the useless ruminations and worries of the previous day.
Perhaps you are aware that you are dreaming more than you did? The importance of dreaming and its role in generating depression feelings is explained here.
The second depression symptoms test question: Do you have trouble concentrating or remembering?
This follows from the first question. For, if you are dreaming too much, then you are not managing enough slow wave regenerating sleep. And this will be affecting you physically. First of all, your concentration and focus but also perhaps other factors too – aches and pains, IBS, fibromyalgia and so on are all prevalent for depressed individuals.
The third depression symptoms test question: Is your head full of uncontrollable thoughts, questions you cannot answer and self obsessions which you know are ridiculous?
If you are tired a lot of the time and maybe feeling aches and pains and so on, you will worry about that. This is natural. And if there do not seem to be any good answers then the worries will be laced with fear, anxiety and even panic.
So worries increase and seem to be taking over. Your head feels full up and out of control. This can be terrifying and is beginning to feed a depression vicious cycle.
Am I depressed? Are these depression symptom test questions making sense?
The fourth depression symptoms test question: Do you have unwanted images or memories that are distressing you?
Many (though not all) depressed people will have a memory in their past – which was difficult, threatening, very sad or terrifying. These memories are still active which means that that the feelings around the memories get triggered from time to time. It is often that you have a feeling that since that time “you haven’t been quite right”. If this makes sense to you, then this will be feeding your worries and ruminations and so adding to your exhaustion and fears.
The fifth depression symptoms test question is a set of three
- I have little interest or pleasure in doing things?
- I feel I am a failure – that I am letting my family and friends down?
- I have thoughts that I would be better off dead or hurting myself in some way?
Can you see that these depression symptom test questions reflect how it is for those who are depressed. Because you are mentally and emotionally exhausted and panicking and fearful and not understanding what is going on. Your life will be unravelling even more and feeding the depression vicious cycle.?
Now you understand depression symptoms test – depression recovery is easier than you imagine
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Depression Symptoms Test
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