These can be typical signs of depression!

Detecting depression is not always easy. To recognise early signs, you should ask yourself the following questions (or present these questions to the person you suspect may be suffering from depression) All these questions are aimed at the above-mentioned symptoms of depression. If several of them can be answered in the affirmative, an appointment should be made with a doctor for a more detailed clarification.

The earlier a depression is diagnosed, the better the chances are that it will pass quickly and that the patient can be better helped. Moreover, people who suffer from depression are not perceived as an illness, which makes it difficult to detect it early. Depression can also hide behind addictions, such as alcohol and gambling addiction.

Similarly, a frequent change of partner can be a sign of depression or depressive moods. – Do you often feel depressed and sad? – Do you tend to brood more often?

Do you feel trapped in your own thoughts? – Are you still able to feel joy, especially in things that used to give you pleasure? – Have you lost interest in things that used to be important to you and were fun?
Are you finding it harder to make decisions lately? – Do you feel that your life has lost its meaning? – Do you feel powerless and easily exhausted, even with little or no previous effort?
Do you have insomnia or appetite disorders? – Have you been feeling physically unwell lately, without being able to name an exact cause? Depression has typical characteristics, such as lack of drive, lack of concentration or physical symptoms.

The extent to which these characteristics are pronounced and how precisely they manifest themselves varies from person to person, and a depression therefore looks somewhat different in each patient. It is not always easy to recognise the symptoms as such, partly because they are completely natural when they are less pronounced or when the trigger is adequate. In cases of excessive stress or traumatic events, a depressive mood is quite normal and part of the psychological processing.

However, if there is a pronounced lack of interest, joylessness, listlessness, depressive moods and other characteristics that cannot be sufficiently explained by external circumstances for more than two weeks, depression is possible. If a person notices over a longer period of time, for example, that he/she cannot really be enthusiastic about anything, sleeps badly and is constantly tired, is not hungry, can only take negative things from something, etc. a clarification is advisable. It is not uncommon for a person not to come to the doctor of their own accord, but to be urged to do so by family or friends. The inhibition threshold to seek help for psychological problems is still very high for many people today.