What is Depression?

When you have depression, it interferes with daily life and causes pain for both you and those who care about you. Depression is a common but serious illness.

Possible Symptoms:

Feeling worthless, helpless or hopeless

Sleeping more than 7-8 hours

Eating more or less than normal for your age and weight

Hard to concentrate or decide

Loss of interest in hobbies or activities

Avoiding other people you wouldn’t normally avoid

Overwhelming feelings of sadness

Loss of energy, feeling very tired

Thoughts of death or suicide

Avoiding other people you wouldn’t normally avoid

Overwhelming feelings of sadness

Loss of energy, feeling very tired

Thoughts of death or suicide

An excessively high or elated mood

Unreasonable optimism or poor judgment

Hyperactivity or racing thoughts

Talkativeness, rapid speech, incoherent

Irritability

Extremely short attention span

Rapid shifts to rage or sadness