You know you are depressed when:
- You wake up in the morning after having sleep problems all night and see daylight and want to hide under the covers and not emerge from your bed.
- You have problems eating, or only eat junk food, even when people offer to bring you nourishment, you’re not interested.
- You have problems bathing, brushing your hair, teeth and maintaining proper hygiene and become disheveled looking like a zombie.
- Your best friend becomes your cat/dog who loves you unconditionally and seem to sense that you need lots of comforting and not a lot of talking.
- Keeping human relationships becomes difficult and too time-consuming.
- You have trouble reading and problems with concentration. Even simple newspapers become difficult to absorb and making decisions is almost impossible.
- You experience a diminished sense of pleasure. Food doesn’t taste good, sex isn’t fun, books, movies, other things you were once interested in, hold no enjoyment.
- Days feel slow, you feel fatigue, and wonder where did your energy go? Depression zaps energy.
- You feel lonely (though you don’t want company). No one seems to understand how you are feeling anyway and thinks you should just “Snap out of it!”
- You experience feelings of worthlessness and guilt, and you don't understand why you feel that way.
- You start having thoughts of suicide and wonder if you should end it.
Overall, between 20% and 25% of adults may suffer an episode of major depression at some point during their lifetime. An Overview of Clinical Depression
Depression is the leading cause of disability worldwide.