Some people call it "The Pit", and some people call it the 'blues' and some call it simply "feeling down in the dumps." But, whatever you may call it, being depressed is a terrible feeling.
The most common types of depression include:
Major depression, characterized by depressed mood, sleep disturbances, and decreased or absent appetite. Often when people in the Great Depression, the person feels a total lack of drive and motivation and suffer lack of desire to be anything in life. Some people are completely disabled by depression, and some even consider suicide.
Dysthymia: This is a less severe type of long-term depression, which usually does not completely disable an individual. But to prevent a person from feeling motivated and functioning at optimum levels. Sometimes people who suffer from Dysthymia are also suffering from depression, and when this happens it is called double depression.
Manic depression also called bipolar disorder. This type of depression is not as common as Dysthymia or major depression. It involves cycles of manic state, alternates with depressive state. It is often a long-term recurring disorder. Sometimes the mood changes suddenly. But generally speaking, they tend to be gradual.
There are many variations of depression, types described here are just three of the most common.
Some of the symptoms of depression include:
Sadness, anxiety, pessimism, insomnia and other sleep disorders, feelings of worthlessness, guilt, anxiety, pain, fatigue, weight loss, headaches and thoughts of suicide.
