Depression
Depression is more than simply feeling unhappy or fed up for more thana few days.
NHS 111 Wales states - Most people go through periods of feeling down, but when you're depressed you feel persistently sad for weeks or months, rather than just a few days.
Some people think depression is trivial and not a genuine health condition. They're wrong – it is a real illness with real symptoms.
Depression is not a sign of weakness or something you can "snap out of" by "pulling yourself together".
The good news is that with the right treatment and support, most people with depression can make a full recovery.
Signs of depressions
How to tell if you have depression? Depression can affect people in different ways and can cause a wide variety of symptoms.
They range from lasting feelings of unhappiness and hopelessness, to losing interest in the things you used to enjoy and feeling very tearful, paranoid. Many people with depression also have symptoms of anxiety and stress. There can be physical symptoms too, such as feeling constantly tired, sleeping badly, lack of motivation or energy, having no appetite or overeating, and various aches and pains.
The symptoms of depression range from mild to severe. At its mildest, you may simply feel persistently low in spirit, while severe depression can make you feel suicidal, that life is no longer worth living.
Griffinhouse Well-Being can provide help, advice and support to help you through your journey to well-being again. Many of the symptoms of depression and be helped through Clinical Hypnotherapy and by using techniques such as NLP, CBT and Mindfulness.
***YOU SHOULD ALWAYS SEEK MEDICAL ADVICE
IN THE FIRST INSTANCE,IF YOU HAVE ONE OR MORE OF THE SYPMTOPMS ABOVE. ***
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Anxiety
Most people feel anxious or scared sometimes, but if it's affecting your life there are things you can try that may help. Getting help and support if you're finding it hard to cope with anxiety, fear or panic. The symptoms of anxiety might affect how you feel physically, mentally and how you behave.
The physical symptoms of anxiety can be faster, irregular or more noticeable heartbeat, feeling lightheaded and dizzy, frequent headaches, chest pains/palpitations, loss of appetite, sweating, breathlessness suddenly feeling hot and or shaking
The mental symptoms of anxiety can be feeling tense or nervous, being unable to relax, worrying about the past or future, feeling tearful, not being able to sleep, difficulty concentrating, fear of the worst happening, and/or intrusive traumatic memories having obsessive thoughts.
Changes in behaviour caused by anxiety can be not being able to enjoy your leisure time, difficulty looking after yourself, struggling to form or maintain relationships, worried about trying new things, avoiding places and situations that create anxiety and /or compulsive behaviour, such as constantly checking things
Stress
Most people feel stressed sometimes and some people find stress helpful or even motivating. But if stress is affecting your life, there are things you can try that may help. Stress can cause many different symptoms. It might affect how you feel physically, mentally, and also how you behave. It's not always easy to recognise when stress is the reason you're feeling or acting differently.
Physical symptoms can be having frequent headaches or dizziness, muscle tension or pain, stomach problems, chest pain or a faster heartbeat.
Mental symptoms can be difficulty concentrating, struggling to make decisions, feeling overwhelmed, constantly worrying and/or being forgetful.
Changes in behaviour can be becoming irritable and snappy, sleeping too much or too little, eating too much or too little, avoiding certain places or people and/or drinking or smoking more.
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