We have
often blamed rainy days and melancholy days as a reason for being sad. But when
you take a look at the sunny days you may find that you aren’t necessarily feeling
any more cheerful or energized but there is something to be said about black
and dark days compared to sunny days. Sunny days are overrated. Sufficient daylight
or sunlight has not much of an impact on somebody that is experiencing excessive
stress or anxiety in their lives.
Mood fluctuations
and depression go hand in hand. Your life can take only so much of this
depression within you before you do your body and your mind permanent harm as
the stresses add up and become a way of life for you and impacting others. Another
factor are the holidays that come around and make things even more depressing
than before. Memories and remembrances come alive and those that have gone or
passed on become a vivid picture inside your mind that struggles to keep it
alive.
This may
lead you to take on bad habits that may tend to hamper your ability to feel
good or even a little bit better. People experiencing depression or sadness
tend to sleep and eat more than before; they gain weight and become irritable
at the slightest things. They either seclude themselves or experience feelings
of rejection or over-sensitivity and see themselves as burdens to others or
self.
Dark days or
sad days can be managed more positively and should be noticed by family and
friends as they are the makings of a depressed mood that may lead to self-harm
or suicides. The symptoms are there for people to see and are not necessarily a
cause due to a general medical condition however, since the person may be
depressed, they may likely be ignoring their health needs and reluctance to
seek any treatment that may be required.
Family and
friends should be looking for numerous signs that may give indications of such
sad feelings. Remembering we are not
talking about a general medical or psychological condition such as incongruent
delusions or hallucinations. We are mainly referring to diminished interest or
participating in activities that may be pleasurable or fun; either a
significant weight loss or gain; insomnia or sleepless nights, fatigue or loss
of energy and unexplainable feelings of guilt or indecisiveness in matters
either personal or business.
Sadly these
signs also include recurrent suicidal ideation without a specific plan, or a
suicide attempt or a specific plan for committing suicide either by oneself or
by cop. The problem is best described as a mood disorder or a general emotional
state of a person whether or not he or she is in a good mood or a bad mood. Are
they happy or sad and as we all know, a persons with such a disorder may feel
these moods to an extreme and makes them have difficulties to cope and function
in their daily life.
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