• Sadness throughout the day, nearly every day (feeling miserable)
• Feelings of emptiness or hopelessness
• Feeling stressed or nervous.
• Loss of interest in or enjoyment of your favorite activities
• Feeling sometimes that life isn't worth living.
• Feeling life is unfair.
• Feeling lack of self confidence.
• Trouble concentrating or making decisions
• Feelings of worthlessness or self-hatred
• Excessive or inappropriate feelings of guilt
• Feeling Irritability or angry more than ususal
• Thoughts of death or suicide

• Fatigue or lack of energy (exhausted)
• Sleep problems (e.g., insomnia or excessive sleeping)
• Change in appetite or weight
• Vague aches and pains (e.g., joint or muscle pains)
• Stomach ache and digestive problems

Don't let this list of symptoms scare you. Treatments are available that can help you ease and even eliminate the emotional and physical effects of depression.