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  • Loss of emotion
  • Overwhelming guilt
  • Overwhelming sadness
  • Consumed with hopelessness
  • Loss of interest in everything that was once important
  • Feel powerless
  • No energy
  • Worsening of painful conditions
  • Frequently running away or being imprisoned
  • Feeling extremely unsafe 
  • Enormous fear of change
  • Feel socially isolated
  • Can't imagine a positive future
  • Only negative thoughts
  • Wishing you were dead
  • Feel you are a burden to others
  • Nobody will miss me
  • Withdrawal from friends and/or family
  • Hard to do simple activities
  • Planning suicide
  • Harming animals
  • Violent behaviour
  • The only way to solve the problem is suicide

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  • Uncontrollable crying
  • Always angry
  • Always dissatisfied
  • Unusually sad mood that doesn't go away
  • Annoyed with everyone and anything
  • Physical pain (muscles, headache, etc)
  • Never-ending tiredness
  • Confusion about memories and/or reality
  • No feeling of self worth
  • Persistent feeling of inadequacy
  • Lack of hygiene
  • Acting out in anger
  • Sleeping too much or too little
  • Talking about suicide
  • Avoid stressful situations

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  • Frequent anger at a situation
  • Nothing's FUN anymore
  • Feeling guilty for no reason (when it's not your fault)
  • Extreme need for reassurance
  • Loss or gain of appetite and/or weight
  • Anxiousness
  • Frequent negative thoughts (I'm hopeless, etc)
  • Loss of self-esteem
  • Very hard to focus
  • Fear of change
  • Worry when there's no reason to worry
  • Drop in normal functioning (grades, socializing activities, work habits, etc)
  • Excess drugs or alcohol usage
  • Difficulty making decisions
  • Being alone
  • Often distracted

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  • Feel like crying for no reason
  • Sadness for no reason
  • Over-sensitive
  • Feeling unloved
  • Frequently feeling guilty
  • Physical discomfort
  • Restlessness
  • Listlessness
  • Loss of concentration
  • Overwhelmed
  • Fear of being alone
  • Feeling left out
  • Change in eating habits
  • Loss of interest in activities that are normal for you

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  • Sometimes dissatisfied
  • Occasionally feeling down
  • Dissatisfied
  • Occasional anger at a particular situation or person
  • Sadness with a cause
  • Feel like being alone 
  • Gloomy
  • Tense
  • Irritable
  • Passing negative thoughts
  • Anger but able to keep it in check
  • Don't get along with family members
  • Don't get along with friends
  • Complaining about a lot of things

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How BLUE are you? ...

The Blue-O-Meter has shades of blue to indicate degrees of depression, the symptoms you may be feeling, and what steps to take to get help.

You can have a mix of these emotions and behaviours  (number of symptoms, intensity, frequency and duration).

MILD DEPRESSION – you have 5 symptoms over the past 2 weeks


MODERATE DEPRESSION – you have 8 symptoms over the past 2 weeks


SEVERE DEPRESSION – you have 12 symptoms over the past 2 weeks

Depression can also exist with other disorders.