Depression causes mental slowing, and decision making can seem to take forever. In addition, depressed individuals often lack persistence and give up too easily when faced with difficult problems. Unipolar major depression may interfere with your ability to focus, making it harder to follow one train of thought before another thought intrudes, and you lose your concentration.
Depressed people should consider putting off important decisions until their depressive episode is over and their thoughts are free of the influence of unipolar major depression.
- Why do my thoughts and movements feel like they’ve slowed down?
- Is major depression a medical disease or just a bad attitude?
- What physical symptoms are typical with serious depression?
- Can I take antidepressants to give myself more energy?
- Why do I never seem to get any restful sleep?
- Why do I always binge on junk food and put on weight when I get depressed?
- I can’t seem to eat what’s wrong with my appetite?
- What kind of emotional changes can I expect if my depression grows worse?
- What do people look like when they are depressed?
- Is there any good news about this diagnosis?
- How does depression affect people’s longevity?
- Is there really a Band Aid that takes away depression?
- Will I have to keep taking medications or going to psychotherapy for the rest of my life?
- What’s a simple definition of major depression?
- What else can I do?
- Are drug companies suppressing natural products to make more money from their drugs?
- What are some commonly used products that are bad for my depression?
- What about marijuana? It makes me feel less depressed after I smoke it.
- What exactly is stress?
- Why do I get depressed over happy events, like my wedding?
