Overcoming
Depression
What is depression?
>Is a common and serious medical illnesss that negatively affects how you feel, the way you think and how you act.
Symptoms of Depression
>Acute sense of loss
>Inexplicable sadness
>Loss of energy
>Lack of interest in the world around.
>Fatigue
"We hide to try our feelings, but we forget that our eyes speak.”
Effects of Depression
>You may feel sad, miserable, guilty, frustrated, disappointed.
>Unable to concentrate that result having a failing grade.
>Lacking of confidence.
>It may impact everything from your heart, kidney, nervous system and immune system health.
"I miss me. The old me, the happy me, the bright me, the smiling me, the laughing me, the gone me.”
Stress Management Techniques to Prevent Depression
✓Exercise regularly
✓Build strong relationships.
✓Minimize your daily choices.
✓Reduce stress
✓Get plenty of sleep.
✓Avoid vices
*Actually no one knows exactly what causes of being depressed but can happen for a variety of reasons.
“The sun is a daily reminder that we too can rise again from the darkness, that we too can shine our own light.”
