how to tell if i am depressed ?

Depression has a cure, its just a message sent to you by your mind to motivate you to fix something that seems not fixable. We are not robots and we don't stop functioning when a chemical imbalance happens in the brain, who cares about chemical imbalances if there are underlaying that causes that imbalance? Most therapists wants us to believe that we are robots that have problems in our brain chemistries that lead to our depression, and thus they suggest medication as the ultimate source to fix the robots head. This is nonsense, unless the real cause of depression is cured you will live on medication forever. (see my article the anatomy of depression ).

Signs that can tell you if you are depressed

You might be thinking that you are depressed while you are not, the following signs will help you know whether you are depressed or whether its just a bad mood.

• All of your joyful activities lose their taste, of course this might happen for a day or two because of sadness but if this happened for a prolonged period then you might be depressed.
• Loss of hope and thinking that you can never change what happened
• Not wanting to go out of bed in the morning
• Lacking energy and feeling that you can't do any effort
• Not wanting to see or meet anyone for prolonged periods
• A big noticeable change in your weight (either to the positive or negative)
• Getting suicidal thoughts or wishing to die
• Feeling empty
• The world becomes dark

What causes depression?

If you searched the web for depression's causes most probably you will find someone telling that depression results from chemical imbalance that happens in the brain but the real bad thing is that no one will ever tell you why did this chemical imbalance happened!!

yes depression is caused by chemical imbalance but the chemical imbalance itself stems from the person's inability to deal with a certain life problem. In my book, The ultimate guide to getting over depression i explained how depression can be nothing more than a message sent to your by your subconscious mind telling you that hope is lost. Restore hope, take actions or find a way to respond to your subconscious mind and your depression will disappear.

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