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Do you have depression?

I got a lot of info from here . But I have summarised it and mix with my view.

A depressive disorder is an illness that involves the body, mood, and thoughts. It affects the way a person eats and sleeps, the way one feels about oneself, and the way one thinks about things. A depressive disorder is not the same as a passing blue mood. It is not a sign of personal weakness or a condition that can be willed away. People with a depressive illness cannot merely "pull themselves together" and get better. Without treatment, symptoms can last for weeks, months, or years. Appropriate treatment, however, can help most people who suffer from depression.

Not everyone who is depressed or manic experiences every symptom. Some people experience a few symptoms, some many. Severity of symptoms varies with individuals and also varies over time:-

• Persistent sad, anxious, or "empty" mood
• Feelings of hopelessness, pessimism
• Feelings of guilt, worthlessness, helplessness
• Loss of interest or pleasure in hobbies and activities that were once enjoyed, including sex
• Decreased energy, fatigue, being "slowed down"
• Difficulty concentrating, remembering, making decisions
• Insomnia, early-morning awakening, or oversleeping
• Appetite and/or weight loss or overeating and weight gain
• Thoughts of death or suicide; suicide attempts
• Restlessness, irritability
• Persistent physical symptoms that do not respond to treatment, such as headaches, digestive disorders, and chronic pain

(Please read the full article re Depression in Woman, Man, Elderly and Children)

I read in another article that almost 40% suffers depression. I guess it must have included mild or less severe depression. Also, women experience depression about twice as often as men. Based on my 20 years of adulthood research, I have a few secret ways of combating depression for your reference:-

MEN

• Watch Football - cheering reduces the chances of being depressed. If that does not work, top up with supporting Liverpool (side effect: you might have heart attack instead)
• Drink beer - it keeps you happy (side effect: big belly, jail for drinka and drive)
• Play mahjong - it diverts your attention to somethign else (side effect: no money)
• Don't do house work - it makes you feel very 'low'. Avoid doing things like this like shopping with wife, pick her up etc (side effect - No sex, no beer and no mahjong because wife not happy)
• Visit Brothel - the guilt make you feel guilty so you will not have 'depression'. It is a logic of substitute (side effect: STD and VERY severe depression due to guilt)
• All of the above - this is for very serious case. do it at your own risk

Women

• Do housework - it divert your attention away (side effect: None)
• Cook and boil soup - it makes you feel very useful because you feed every body (side effect: None)
• Oblige to husband sex request - it makes you feel very femanine (side effect: None)
• Give BJ to husband - er...er...... (I am running out of excuses liao) (side effect: None)
• Do not do shopping - guilt will make you feel depressed (side effect: None)
• Do not buy shoes - You dun need that many pairs of shoes (side effect: None)

Junior

posted by Junior @ 10:42 AM