Symptoms of depression

Everyone’s experiences of depression are different,People often experience a variety of different symptoms, both physical and mental. You only need a few of these symptoms to be diagnosed with depression:

• Low mood, feeling sad, irritable or angry
• Feeling bad about yourself, guilty or worthless
• Low energy, feeling less able to do things
• Physical aches and pains with no obvious cause
• Losing interest in activities you used to enjoy
• Losing interest in sex
• Loss of concentration
• Sleeping less or more, feeling tired all the time
• Eating less or more
• Thoughts of self-harm or suicide

People with moderate or severe depression can also develop:

• Delusions, such as paranoia
• Hallucinations, such as hearing voices

But this is less common.