What are characteristics of depression?!
Question: or what are different types of depression. can a 15 year old girl have one of those types?
Answers: or what are different types of depression. can a 15 year old girl have one of those types?
Yes, you can definitely be depressed at your age. Even a very young child can be depressed. It is good that you are reaching out to people on Yahoo Answers for some help. This is a good place to start.
For the different types of depression and their characteristics, check out www.depression.about.com
The best thing to do is to make an appointment with a psychiatrist. She/he will be able to diagnose your type of depression and then give you the appropriate medication. She or he will also be able to refer you to a therapist for support. Depression can be very ugly and can blacken our whole perspective on our lives and our world. But it's an illness. And depression lies--that is, it put negative ideas about ourselves in our heads and they are simple untrue and destructive thoughts.
Take care. Get some professional help and hang onto the thought that the sun will come out again and you will see the light at the end of the tunnel. Your interests will come back; you'll feel like socializing again; your thoughts will become positive again. You'll feel like a brand new person.
yes a 15 year old girl can be depressed.
symptoms are feeling hopeless, helpless, or worthless. losing interest in things you used to find fun. wanting to sleep alot. loss or increase in appetite. stuff like that. if youre feeling depressed, you should visit a psychiatrist. it is serious. some people think that because it isnt a physical illness, it isnt anything to worry about. but thats not true. mental health is important.
My grandmother was diagnosed with severe depression. I took a General Psychology course in college. Depressed people have trouble just doing basic things. They get angry easily. A psychiatrist will give an exam to see how depressed you are. My grandmother failed all of the questions. She couldn't draw a clock. When you are depressed (bad enough to require medication) then you are unable to take care of yourself. You just feel like you are weighted down. You aren't able to bring yourself back up.
You snap at your loved ones.
There is a movie with Christina Ricci that might be of interest to you. It's called Prozac Nation.