Five warning signs for depression – by Human Givens
First Warning Sign: Not feeling quite right – on edge, a little anxious or angry or scared
Feeling emotions such as these is of course normal and a potentially healthy reaction to life events. Nowhere was it written that we should never feel this way. And if these feelings are doing their job, then they will be prompting you to act to deal with the event or thought or change that has happened out there. Say you have an exam coming up, then anxiety feelings could be prompting you to study for them. Or say you have a difficult interview coming up…. you get the idea?
All emotions are communication to activate an action which in some way or other should be helping you. You might not be aware of the emotion – it could be an unconscious feeling. But nonetheless what is wanted by the emotion, like a young child tugging at your coat, is that you do something.
So are you doing something or just feeling the feeling? And if the latter, you should be trying to stand separately from it. You need to become curious about it and to wonder what it is saying and then what you might do about it. And definitely not be lost in the middle of the emotion.
And if this is very hard, then the depression is definitely setting in