1- Depressed mood (feeling sad, empty or tearful).
*in children, it is constant irritability
2 - loss of interest: feeling no pleasure in almost all activities.
3 - Change of appetite and weight: under- or over-eating.
4 - Change of Sleep: Insomnia (initial - middle - terminal) or oversleeping.
5 - Restlessness or slowed behavior.
6 - Fatigue or loss of energy
(Sense of energy is gone conserve little Energy left Drain you more )
7 - Worthlessness or inappropriate guilt.
8 - Decrease in concentration.
9- Recurrent thoughts of death or suicide, or a suicide attempt.
Research has shown three areas of coping to be especially helpful for people who struggle with depression:
Mastery
Pleasure
Meaning
Mastery-Related Tasks
My Mastery (“To-Do”) List for Today
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Pleasure-Related Tasks
My Pleasurable Events
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Meaning
To me the most meaningful areas of life are:
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Meaningful action steps I will take today include:
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