Nursing Your Depression
"Emotional Fever"

If you're experiencing one or more of the following signs during the last two weeks, you may be experiencing depression:

• You feel miserable and sad.
• You are exhausted a lot of the time with no energy.
• The smallest tasks are sometimes impossible to complete.
• You seldom enjoy the things that you used to enjoy.
• You don't want to see people or are scared to be left alone.
• Social activity may feel hard or impossible.
• You find it difficult to think clearly.
• You feel like a failure and/or feel guilty a lot of the time.
• You feel a burden to others.
• You sometimes feel that life isn't worth living.

Do I Have Depression? I don't know. But some people think I do. Lets find out!

Complete this short depression screening test to help determine if you should seek help (diagnosis and treatment) for depression.

So, What Does the Test Say? You mean you're in a depression?

The word depression really means "emotional fever." Your emtional body is running a fever. The depression test provided you with a score, letting you know how high your emotional fever is.

What Do I Do Next?

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You'll develop a plan for breaking your cycle of depression.
You'll learn to recognize and dispute
the irrational thoughts and depressive beliefs
that keep you feeling down. You'll also discover
ways to guard against emotions that often
occur with depression, like anxiety and anger.
You'll build stronger defenses against depression.

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to Teach Kids to:
Cope with sad feelings
Reach out to others
Develop a positive self-image

Depression Help

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Depression Screening Test

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RESILIENCY - Ability to Recover Readily from Illness, Depression, Adversity, or the Like; Buoyancy

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