Feeling down

The majority of people at times suffer from a condition in which they feel down or blue. This implies undergoing a low mood which is usually short- lived and is a normal response to anxiety and stress. If the blues or the state of feeling down persists for a prolonged duration and hinders an individual in enjoying his or her life, the individual may be experiencing a protracted mood alteration.

A significant number of individuals seek medical assistance for overcoming this sense of feeling down or depression each year and the number of people suffering from this syndrome is spiraling. People who are plagued by this condition of feeling down or depressed frequently have a tough time in exercising clarity in their thoughts or acknowledging their own problems.

A person overcome by a sense of feeling down basically suffers from depression. Some of the symptoms associated with depression or the condition of feeling down that may inconvenience an individual are listed below.

General lack of interest in life

• The state of feeling down or depression is marked by an overall lack of interest in matters concerning life itself.
• An individual may suffer from emotional disturbances and fails to derive joy from anything.
• People suffering from such condition tend to avoid people and shun all forms of activities linked to one’s well-being.

People who are feeing down generally get exhausted easily and are not too keen to accomplish their objectives. A person who is feeling down is least bothered about his responsibilities in life. They are also indifferent to their appearance and are least affected by the response of others to it.

Such people generally suffer from sleeplessness or try to sleep as much as they can to avoid the world around them. People who suffer from depression or are feeling down have a tough time in remembering things. They find it hard to remember where they have placed a particular thing or what they were contemplating to do.

People who are feeling down get easily irritated by events and circumstances which may appear as insignificant to others. They cannot take things in their stride and are restive, agitated or nervous.

Such people are intensely desirous of ending their lives and go to the extent of entertaining thoughts of ending their life by committing suicide.

Such people think that their existence is of little worth and find it extremely difficult to overcome this sense of frustration. People suffering from depression show a tendency to lose or put on weight appreciably which can be quite abrupt. Indigestion, stomach pain, nausea, or alteration in bowel habits is also common in people who are feeling down.

Lack of interest in sexual activity is also another major problem faced by such individuals.