Eight Symptoms Someone is Depressed

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Have you ever heard or learned the term- Smilingdepression, High-functioning depression or Hidden depression as these names suggest, this is when a clinically disturbed person tries to keep the depression a secret from others, they often look cheerful and fortunate, seemingly put together leading you to the assumption that their lives are perfectly happy, contented and without mental illness.

Is there someone you think might be inconspicuously depressed, look out for these eight telltale symptoms that they might have:

• Hidden depression -They perceive emotions on a much profound level. Does your friend become temperamentally uncertain in response to a simple question or comment? Those who are inconspicuously depressed will often feel things more intensely than usual because of how much they bottle up inside, they’re more susceptible to crying, getting upset or even having a full-fledged breakdown as they feel overwhelmed with the depths of all of their emotions. This fluctuates both ways of being more compassionate and loving towards others while also more easily angered and saddened.

• They are distrustful and resigned — Does your loved one, who used to be so tolerant and lenient become cynical and melancholy? They might be internally fighting with a lot of negative thoughts that are too scary to share. They may adopt a more nihilistic point of view, and become discouraged and sullen than they used to them being.
• They’re engrossed with being the best — Despondency, hidden or not, is often a burglar that robs us of our ability to delight in the simple pleasures of life. People with concealed despondency will often engross themselves in their work in order to find meaning in their lives and make sense of their affliction. By exhausting themselves, they get a sense of reprieve from their worry and distract themselves from all the sadness that they feel.

• They suffer unforeseen mood swings -Depression isn’t always gonna look like melancholy, sometimes trouble and worry manifest as anger, irritability and sudden changes in mood. Depression makes feeling delighted and even enjoying things they used to love incredibly burdensome. Their acknowledgement is a tendency to lash out and become emotionally unhinged. There’s just too much bitterness and desperation for them to suppress. So, like a volcano, they let it explode and throw tempers.

• They misuse drugs or alcohol — Occasional sporting drug abuse and boozing are fairly common. However, the warning signal for invisible depression starts to wave when it stops being at times and becomes regular and then turns into an addiction. The anxiety and depression Association of America, established that approximately one in every five people who are depressed also had a substance abuse habit.
• They’re always lost — Are your usually punctilious friends abruptly obliterating your lunch dates? Does your friend blackout more often than usual when you’re conversing with them? Hardly concentrating and remembering is one of the signs of depression. The troubled person often has a difficult time keeping their string of thoughts and struggles away from affecting their grades or work performance. They have a hard time with resolution and remembering recent events. They may even begin to speak and move more languidly as a result.

• They never seek support — Does your friend express to you something’s bad but then shifts the discussion saying it’s just ludicrous or frivolous and they’ll just deal with it on their own? When someone’s trying to hide their sadness from others, they’ll often send uncertain cries for help that they immediately take back. They apologize for asking for help, even when they’re battling and never want to bother anyone else with what they’re going through.
• They always try to appear or guise happy — Do you know someone who’s persistently smiling and exuberant? Usually negating the fact that something is wrong, even when you know, there is. They won’t let others sense them cry or be sad so, they make up justification about why they can’t see you much. Usually when they think no one else is looking the façade will be dropped and you’ll see things aren’t okay.

Those with despondency won’t always show the symptoms commonly associated with the condition. Does this present to mind? Because of the uncooperative disgrace revolving around mental illness, many patients often feel the need to keep their battle a secret for fear that they’ll be judged, dishonoured or mistreated for their illness.

If you know someone whom you suspect is secretly depressed, you can do them a solid and show your support by reaching out to them, this may help them move towards getting the professional mental health care they need, in order to improve. Paying attention to these signs could make you a lifesaver.