{"id":429,"date":"2023-01-13T04:26:37","date_gmt":"2023-01-13T04:26:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.beaconhouse.net\/363\/?p=429"},"modified":"2023-01-13T04:26:37","modified_gmt":"2023-01-13T04:26:37","slug":"bad-day-or-depression-how-do-you-know","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.beaconhouse.net\/363\/bad-day-or-depression-how-do-you-know\/","title":{"rendered":"Bad Day or Depression&#8230; How do you know?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"background: white;margin: 0in 0in 10.0pt 0in\"><span style=\"font-size: 10.0pt;color: #2a395b\">We all feel sad or may go through a bad mood. Sadness is a vigorous sentiment to feel when faced with a difficult situation that we deal with, and recover without treatment.<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 10.0pt;color: #333333\"> But when the blues don&#8217;t set off, you might speculate if you are actually depressed. <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 10.0pt;color: #2a395b\">Depression can be devastating and require additional support.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"background: white;margin: 10.0pt 0in 10.0pt 0in\"><span style=\"font-size: 10.0pt;color: #333333\">Depression is diagnosed when a person experiences five or more specific symptoms for more than two weeks<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 10.0pt;color: #2a395b\"> and affects a person\u2019s ability to work, carry out usual daily activities and have satisfying personal relationships<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 10.0pt;color: #333333\">. <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 10.0pt;color: #2a395b\">Where sadness is just one symptom of depression other symptoms<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 10.0pt;color: #333333\">\u00a0include loss of pleasure in activities that were previously enjoyable, changes in appetite that cause weight loss or gain, sleep difficulties or sleeping too much, feeling drained all the time, having difficulty concentrating and making decisions, and feeling angry and irritable. People with depression might also have feelings of worthlessness or guilt, unexplained physical pain like headaches or backaches, and frequent thoughts of self-harm or suicide.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"background: white;text-align: start;margin: 10.0pt 0in 10.0pt 0in\"><span style=\"font-size: 10.0pt;color: #333333\">Not everyone experiences depression in the same way.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"background: white;text-align: start;margin: 10.0pt 0in 10.0pt 0in\"><span style=\"font-size: 10.0pt;color: #333333\">Women suffering from depression often report feeling sad, while\u00a0men with depression\u00a0may be more likely to be irritable and aggressive. Depression in children can include clinginess, worry, and a desire to stay home from school. Teens may get angry, engage in self-harm, and withdraw socially. Older adults may experience memory problems and personality changes.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"background: white;text-align: start;margin: 10.0pt 0in 10.0pt 0in\"><span style=\"font-size: 10.0pt;color: #333333\">Common symptoms across all groups include physiological sign like chronic pain and\u00a0digestive issues\u00a0that may not respond to treatment. Whereas, common suicide warning signs include feeling worthless, a lack of interest in previously enjoyed activities, withdrawal, reckless behaviors, giving away possessions, talking about death, and searching for ways to die by suicide, according to the National Alliance on Mental Illness. Suicidal people can sometimes appear to be feeling better just before they take their lives.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"background: white;margin: 10.0pt 0in 10.0pt 0in\"><span style=\"font-size: 10.0pt;color: #333333\">Although it shouldn\u2019t replace a doctor\u2019s visit, you can also do a test online to help determine if what you&#8217;re feeling and experiencing is truly depression. If you or anyone significant has any of these signs, don\u2019t give up, there is help out there that works.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We all feel sad or may go through a bad mood. Sadness is a vigorous sentiment to feel when faced&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.beaconhouse.net\/363\/bad-day-or-depression-how-do-you-know\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Bad Day or Depression&#8230; How do you know?<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":317,"featured_media":434,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,4,26],"tags":[42],"class_list":["post-429","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-emotional-wellbeing","category-mental-health","category-self-care","tag-mentalhealthmatters","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.beaconhouse.net\/363\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/429","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.beaconhouse.net\/363\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.beaconhouse.net\/363\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.beaconhouse.net\/363\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/317"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.beaconhouse.net\/363\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=429"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.beaconhouse.net\/363\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/429\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":435,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.beaconhouse.net\/363\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/429\/revisions\/435"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.beaconhouse.net\/363\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/434"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.beaconhouse.net\/363\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=429"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.beaconhouse.net\/363\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=429"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.beaconhouse.net\/363\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=429"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}