A bad mood is familiar to almost everyone - a person encounters too many annoying factors every day. However, all too often you can hear: "I have depression." Learning to distinguish between these two phenomena is very important, because a bad mood will sooner or later be replaced by a good one, and depression requires serious treatment.
What is what
Bad mood doesn't need much introduction. Too often people are faced with this phenomenon. When a person is in a bad mood, they are upset, depressed, angry, angry. For example, your coworkers will think you are in a bad mood if you react aggressively to their words, are annoyed, and do not want to be approached at all.
But depression is a more complex and serious phenomenon. Depression is a mental disorder characterized by the so-called depressive triad: a loss of interest in usual activities and in life in general, a slowdown in mental activity and motor retardation.
One of the main signs of depression is a decrease in sexual desire and, consequently, a decrease in sexual activity.
Signs and differences
Bad mood can be distinguished from depression in many ways.
First, in a bad mood, a person does not necessarily experience motor retardation. Often, on the contrary, aggression or irritation causes abrupt, abrupt movements and gestures. In depression, the person is so depressed that his state of mind is reflected in physical activity.
In a bad mood, a person often cries, wants to speak out, “cry into a waistcoat,” shares his experiences with others. A person experiencing depression, most likely, will not tell anyone about it, will not cry often - he becomes too indifferent to everything that surrounds him. This is also expressed in a fall in self-esteem: a person suffering from depression blames himself not only for all his troubles, but also for almost all world catastrophes.
With depression, a person develops a persistent indifference to what is happening around. In a bad mood, you assume that you will feel better if your external circumstances change. Depression drives a person into such melancholy that no external changes bring joy - only indifference and depression.
The word "depression" comes from the Latin deprimo - "suppress, crush", which quite accurately characterizes the state of a person suffering from this disease.
Psychologists say that if you are in doubt whether you are depressed or in a bad mood, then you are in a bad mood. A person suffering from depression, in principle, does not ask such questions, he is too convinced that everything is hopeless and there is no gap ahead. This is why depression triggers suicidal thoughts.
In any case, if you suspect you are depressed, it is worth contacting a good specialist to prevent the possible development of the disease.
