A mental health disorder characterised by persistently depressed mood or loss of interest in activities, causing significant impairment in daily life.
Technically, severe depression isn’t a formal mental health diagnosis. Rather, it refers to depression that is more debilitating in nature.
Signs of severe depression can include feelings of hopelessness, increased irritability, loss of pleasure, trouble concentrating or sleeping, or thoughts of death of suicide.
Here are six big signs that one may have severe depression:
Daily stomach pain
Research shows that anxiety and depression often result in feelings of nausea, diarrhea, and general unease in your belly.
Stomach pain or discomfort that seems to increase along with stress may be tied to depression.
Your life feels like it’s on pause
When you are severely depressed, you feel it is hard to get things done throughout the day, including very basic things, such as brushing teeth or taking a shower.
You may also have strong fatigue Recent research shows that prolonged fatigue is linked to depression.
Growing apathy
Apathy involves a lack of interest in different aspects of life, including normal daily tasks and social activities.
It is often seen in varying degrees in healthy people, but it is also a symptom of a number of different mental health conditions including depression.
Mental breakdowns
A “nervous breakdown” or “mental breakdown” is a term used to describe a period of intense mental distress or illness that occurs suddenly.
During this period, you’re unable to function in your everyday life. This term was once used to refer to a wide variety of mental health conditions, including depression.
Noticeable behavior changes
Depression affects your mood, thoughts, feelings, behaviors and physical health. Severe depression can result in losing the ability to feel pleasure in the things you once enjoyed. Your eating, sleeping, exercising patterns may change.
It can also cause you to withdraw from your social relationships even from people to whom you are closest.
Hallucinations or delusions
Some people who have severe clinical depression will also experience hallucinations and delusional thinking, the symptoms of psychosis. Depression with psychosis is known as psychotic depression.
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