Common Depression Symptoms

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Common symptoms of depression not only include feeling sad, hopeless, or empty or having lost interest in the things that previously gave you pleasure. But other, less obvious symptoms also may signal depression, including:

• Anger, irritability, and impatience. You may feel irritated and angry at family, friends, or co-workers, or overreact to small things.

• Sleep problems. You may have trouble sleeping, or you may wake up very early in the morning. Or you may sleep too much and find it hard to get up in the morning. 

• Anxiety. You may have symptoms such as anxiety, worry, restlessness, and tension. Anxiety and depression often occur together, even though they are two separate problems.  

• Crying. Crying spells, crying over nothing at all, or crying about small things that normally wouldn't bother you may be signs of depression.

• Inability to concentrate. If you are depressed, you may be forgetful, have trouble making decisions, or find it hard to concentrate.  

• Pain. If you have aches and pains that don't respond to treatment, including joint pain, back pain, limb pain, or stomach pain, they could be signs of depression. Many people with depression go to their doctor because of these types of physical symptoms, and don't even realize that they are depressed.  

• Substance abuse. Having a drug or alcohol problem may hide an underlying problem with depression. Substance abuse and depression often go hand in hand.

• Appetite changes. You may have no desire to eat, or you may overeat in an effort to feel better.

• Isolation. You may feel withdrawn from friends and family -- right when you need their support the most.

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Many people think of depression as an intolerable sadness or a deep gloom that just won't go away. Yet depression can also be sneaky, disguised in symptoms that can be hard to identify. If you've had unexplained aches or pains, often feel irritable or angry for no reason, or cry at the drop of a hat -- you could be depressed.

Fortunately, you can be proactive with depression. Learn how these less obvious symptoms can reveal themselves and when you should seek out depression treatment.

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Overcoming Failure

Failure. It can be quite an obstacle.

Do you ever wish you'd done things differently? Or worry about failing again?

I'd like to support you in reframing what failure means to you, with 3 suggestions:

1. Feel the feeling underneath the failure.

Beneath your anger, frustration, or embarrassment about failure is often a lot of sadness. If you believe you failed, you may feel that you didn't get to meet your potential. Sadness is connected to that belief.

You can't fully receive the gifts of the present moment with that sadness underneath it all.

Allow yourself to feel sadness for a path you didn't get to take! Experience it. 

2. Let go of the label.

When something happens contrary to what we expect or desire, we often call it failure and then judge the experience as bad or wrong.

But what would happen if you released that judgment?

See what it feels like to say, "That's what happened and I'm still okay."

3. Open yourself up to possibilities.

Instead of focusing on the path you didn't get to take, envision yourself on a new path—the path of your present life.

Where will it take you? 

Be excited to see where it's going to go now!

What we call failure is just an experience. Let yourself learn from it.

SOURCE:  Carol Tuttle at www.caroltuttle.com