Month of the Black Dog
September 30th, 2007
It’s October now and that means it’s National Depression Awareness Month and October 4 is Depression Screening Day.
If you (or anyone one you know) think you may be depressed, please see your doctor right away. Do not wait for it to go away. Do not try to tough it out or pretend it’s not a problem. Be honest with yourself and your family and do yourself the honor of taking care of yourself - you deserve it.
Signs of the Black Dog
- Persistent sad, anxious or empty mood
- Changes in sleep
- Change in appetite with weight loss or gain
- Lack of interest in once enjoyable activities
- Restless/irritable
- Persistent physical symptoms that don’t respond to treatment
- Difficulty concentrating and/or remembering things
- Difficulty making decisions
- Fatigue/loss of energy
- Feeling guilty, hopeless or worthless
- Thoughts of suicide or death
Information on Depression
October 2nd, 2007 at 6:20 pm
[...] just learned from Walking the Black Dog that October is National Depression Awareness Month and that October 4 is Depression Screening Day. [...]
October 18th, 2007 at 5:11 am
“Do not try to tough it out or pretend it’s not a problem”- yes. Pretending or “playing tough” gets us no where.
Confronting the truth of what we feel and are going through- no matter how ugly that truth is- will get us back on the path that is lit up with hope.