Question

So basically, I'm writing a health assessment on a patient with depression, but I don't have an actual patient to use as a case study therefore I have to fabricate one. My Question is if you suffer with depression, how does it affect your life and standards of living? How does it affect your social life, etc, etc. Any feed back would be grateful as it has to be in on the 4th of November ><

Answer 1

well one tend to be withdrawn... sometimes onehave bad eating habits as a resiult which ultimatley affect ones overall health... sometimes you show signs of aggression towards your peers... constantly get into arguments.... sometimes one will have mood swings or react opposite to the norm in certain situation.. for eg. one will cry when they hear good news and get upset or irritated.

Answer 2

thanks Roku, are these from personal experiences or just general knowledge on the subject?

Answer 3

ok so a person with general depression tends to lose their energy, and definitely doesn't like doing anything that once brought them pleasure. It affects you because if you get so withdrawn and sad the self destructive behaviors start to take effect on you. When you get withdrawn it effects your social life because you tend to not talk to anyone and they pull away or get overly concerned about you. they may jump to conclusions or just not notice at all. People will sleep a lot and eat a ton of comfort food. I know I did/do when I am overly depressed, I am clinically depressed with diagnosis of Major Depression. It has also effected my social life because I lost my best friend in the process, my depression makes me super moody and kind of feathery at times. the self destructive behaviors such as cutting can turn people off because they don't know your story they just judge you by looking at you. Another thing is that people will get into drugs and alcohol, alcohol is especially bad because it is a depressive drug which makes you even more depressed in the long run.
sorry this is all kind of out of order but. yeah all from first person experience.

Answer 4

stuff that i remember reading just recently...

Answer 5

i am drawn to the topic of psychology

Answer 6

If i suffered from depression I wouldn't want to talk to anyone or be around anyone. I would push myself away from people (thats how it would affect my social life).

Answer 7

i personally think i suffer from depression it something i look at often... sometimes just watching videos and reading about it gets me depressed.... sigh....

Answer 8

most times am angry and tend to push ppl away... then i start to wonder why i dont have anyone around to talk to but its my fault i isolated myself... i blame myself and others for things.... i show aggression and i get evil thoughts when ppl get on my bad side.

Answer 9

sometimes i would just sleep all day cuz i cant bother with life... I am not a cutter... no i dont cut myself... some ppl try smoking, cursing cutting themselves drinking and hurting others and a lot of other things am sure i dont know of