6 Signs Your Depression is Getting Worse

Depression symptoms could include but not limited to: increased feelings of loneliness, not sleeping as much, withdrawing from friends and families, feeling worthless, feeling numb, and so much more. The signs of depression are not so obvious as they are happening to us. When depression gets worse, it is important that you get the professional counselling help that you need. If untreated, depression can become major depression ,which is clinical depression that needs treatment.

You can start as small as sharing your struggles on an open community like psych2go or researching where to get help, but start small. Only by being aware that you need help, is when you will start to take the first step towards recovery.

If you notice any of these signs getting worse, we recommend talking to a professional about this.

Writer: Xinyi Liu
Script Editor: Isadora Ho
Script Manager: Kelly Soong
VO: Amanda Silvera
Animator: Sun Biscuit
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[Psychgo]

We hope that you can help spread this to the world to educate people more on the topics of depression. Perhaps, it will save a life without knowing because it encourages them to talk.

[losingcait]

1. extreme loneliness 0:31
2.you're not sleeping 1:02
3. social withdrawal 1:42
4. feeling of guilt and worthlessness 2:24
5. you feel numb 2:55
6. your eating patterns have changed drastically 3:30

[bananabear]

The hardest part is when emotionally hurting yourself becomes your only comforting thing, just so you can feel again for a moment instead of being an empty shell.

[nija]

NOO IVE BEEN TRICKING MYSELF INTO THINKING IM DOING BETTER 😂 I DONT NEED THIS RIGHT NOW !!

[derpydonut]

I don’t think you can have Mental Health Awareness Month without posting a video about this very important topic, so thx again Psych2Go! <3

[malachai]

I’ve accepted that my depression will never go away. these symptoms are constantly there. for the most part i just ignore it.

[khalilahd.]

When you gradually fall into a funk it’s hard to notice these warning signs. I love that you guys are committed to showing awareness on these topics 🙏🏽

[KinglyRed]

Recently got betrayed by two of my best friends and have felt totally broken since then. Always dealt with depression but it's been so much worse since what happened. I definitely relate to not feeling like putting myself out there anymore because I feel like it's a waste of time to try getting close to people after what they did. But...I'm still here, so that's something.

[MaddisonAcidd]

My mood isn’t happy with a bit of sad, it’s sad with a bit of happy

[mustknow]

To everyone who's reading this, I pray that whatever is hurting or whatever you are constantly stressing about gets better. May the darks thought, the over thinking, the doubt exist your mind right now. May clarity replace confusion. May peace and calmness fill your life

[phantom_blanck]

"To anyone suffering from depression I want to let you know that you're not alone."
Edit: I'm so sorry for this statement, I made it along time ago and have been learning about mental health lately.😅 I hope no one felt offended by this. My new statement is, "If your dealing mental health, please reach out for help".

[businessisboomin]

1:57 FINALLY SOMEONE SAID IT! I'M NOT MAD!

The cycles I've found in myself:
not functioning--->more stress--->IBS--->IBS stomaches affecting sleep quality--->more stress and the cycle continues


Another cycle: stress--->Low Testosterone---> depression/anxiety--->more stress--->lower Testosterone---> more stress AND the cycle continues


Yet another cycle:
Having the previous cycles--->low serotonin cause of the high stress, meaning stress will have no counter and will consume you easily---> not having enough energy to lower your stress and increase serotonin by exercise or walking under the sun, or even doing simple things like personal hygiene making getting satisfaction from "accomplishing" tasks aka high serotonin doses harder to get, further increasing stress and lowering serotonin and Testosterone.


AND YET another cycle:
Stress makes you in a state of being emotionally numb, losing sense of reality and time, and neglecting yourself, so weeks, months and even years will go bye so quickly without them being felt by you, and without you improving your mental health during that time....


You're getting bored aren't ya?
Your withdrawal from ppl makes getting oxytocin not easy cuz of lack of affection and "hugs", or Atleast you not being aware of those hugs and affection due to being stuck in your head.


Yep you're getting fed up...:
You don't get out of your comfort zone to try and get out of this stress viscous cycle(s) because anytime you do something out fk your comfort zone or routine you get stressed, but when you're chronically stressed your tolerance to stress is non-existent....


There's more bae Don't worry:
Your feeling of worthlessness and constant guilt makes you always stressed, feeding every other symptom I mentioned above.


Come it's still not over:
If you binge eat cuz of stress/depression/anxiety, you're more likely to get attracted to sweaty and carbohydrates dense foods in a desperate attempt from your subconscious to get easy and high dose of dopamine to try to feel better, which it does for a short period of time then makes you feel like shit afterwards, because carbohydrates increase stress due to increasing blood sugar which needs insulin to regulate it, producing more stress.


Well you feel attracted to dopamine frying activites like porn, social media, Unhealthy and prolonged video game sessions? Guess what, frying your dopamine receptors will make you less sensitive to dopamine and thus not having enough motivation or energy to do normal things since they won't give you enough dopamine, which leads to overindulging in the things I mentioned above even more to get the dopamine from, frying your dopamine receptors even more, to the point of not finding those same dopamine frying activites worth it anymore since they don't give enough dopamine as well, so you end up doing nothing and just oversleeping


And oh, forgot to say that stress will make you always in fight or flight mode, which will mess up your interactions with ppl making you even more stressed, making you mess up even more, and this is, ladies and gentlemen, ANOTHER cycle.


Finally, IBS from stress will make serotonin production much lower, an guess what, 90% of serotonin is produced from gut bacteria, so in conclusion:

Stress is like a parasite, doing everything it can to prevent you from getting rid of it and and to get more controller over you....

And yea, I've been like that since forever, so "not finding things enjoyable anymore" isn't relatable since it's always been like that.

[mangobunni]

Another thing is you might feel like ur just drifting in life. Like its a lazy river and ur just floating there letting it push you along. Thats how it feels for me right now

[nonename]

You're describing how I feel... I'm actually scared yet indifferent

[gloriagates]

cant remember the last time i had a friend to hang out with, sometimes isolation isn't your choice which makes it so much harder to break the cycle

[Randomii]

I've been getting so much worse in the last few months.
Not only has it been a personal cycle, but i've noticed most people don't want to deal with someone doing very poorly, and end up distancing or completely breaking contact.
This then creates another loop where the loneliness eventually pushes away all the other people and makes me even more lonely.
I just wish people generally understood better, rather than just tried to sweep all issues under the rug

[hollalaland]

My depression has been declining so badly over the past 3 years. Treatment and therapy have always barely helped, but now it doesnt help at all. I wildly swing between being so lonely and down that I get so sad that I'm hysterical and feeling completely void of any emotion. Covid destroyed my ability to have a social life and depression destroyed my capabilities to work and provide for myself. I am still living at my mom's home at 20, almost 21. I have a sick sister (with functional neurological disorder) of 27 who also is living with us and incapable of providing help and often needs more tending to than we can give and/or afford. I'm gaining weight so much that I dont fit into what is easily 90% of my wardrobe, and what little I can fit into is so tight it cuts into me. But I cant put her through the expenses of having to buy fitting clothes for me constantly so in all honesty I've been seriously debating starving myself to stop that expense and the waste of food from happening even though I know it will only make things worse. Dieting works for like a month then I gain everything back and more to an extent that dieting is the worst thing I could do. So that leaves me feeling like others might be financially better off if I just offed myself, and given the burden I am to my mother being a high school dropout that cant actually fucking do anything with their life, I might be doing her a favor with that. But man, i am such a coward and i hate the idea of making her fight so hard for me to get better for all of these years just for it to be thrown away. So i dont off myself. I keep going through hating myself, hating life, barely surviving in hopes that I'm not doing the wrong thing. I just dont know what to do.

[Smoothie]

I used to be optimistic and have a positive outlook on life. I even had really good goals and dreams especially when I was young. Most of my life I was generally happy and never would consider myself to have depression but over the passed few years something changed, I can relate to all of these signs. I think it all stems from never having a deep connection with anyone ever and some social and relationship setbacks along the way. I feel like I might be able to get out of it, if some things in life go right but the pattern continues.

[twister]

Thank you guys. You actually got me through a rough patch where I was thinking of ending it all. I have you to thank for being able to type this comment today.

[saitothetempesthajime]

my depression has been really bad lately due to relationships and i’m just tired of everything and i’m always worrying about my flaws and always give myself negative thoughts like i can’t do anything. this video helps me at least feel like i’m not alone thank you