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Are you depressed and don’t know it?
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Read the following list. Put a check mark by each sign that sounds like you:
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I am really sad most of the time.
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I don’t enjoy doing the things I’ve always enjoyed doing.
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I don’t sleep well at night and am very restless.
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I am always tired. I find it hard to get out of bed.
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I don’t feel like eating much.
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I feel like eating all the time.
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I have lots of aches and pains that don’t go away.
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I have little to no sexual energy.
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I find it hard to focus and am very forgetful.
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I am mad at everybody and everything.
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I feel upset and fearful, but can’t figure out why.
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I don’t feel like talking to people.
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I feel like there isn’t much point to living, nothing good is going to happen to me. *
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I don’t like myself very much. I feel bad most of the time.
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I think about death a lot. I even think about how I might kill myself.*
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If you checked several boxes and the symptoms have persisted for two weeks or more, call your doctor. Take the list to show the doctor. You may need to get a checkup and find out if you have depression.
* If you have thoughts of harming or killing yourself, talk to your doctor right away or call 911.
Source: National Institute of Mental Health
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