Lesson 8- Behavioural 🏃‍♂️, Emotional 😭 & Cognitive 🧠 Characteristics of Depression

Question 1

What are the 3 Behavioural 🏃‍♂️(action) Characteristics of Depression?

Answer 1

1) Weight Changes- sudden & significant weight ⬆️- some eat 🍫 lots when depressed & some lose appetite- weight ⬇️
2) Sleep 💤 pattern disturbance- insomnia (difficulty falling 💤)- wake early ⏰
Some have hypersomnia (oversleep- 💤 too long)
3) Energy level shift- reduced- fatigue- lethargic- inactivity- withdraw from work, education, social life- psychomotor agitation (nervous energy- restless, 😠)

Question 2

What are the 3 Emotional 😭(feelings) Characteristics of Depression?

Answer 2

1) Lose enthusiasm- lack pleasure- hobbies- previously enjoyed
2) Worthlessness- reduce worth- guilt- low levels self esteem
3) Anger 😡 - others (may retaliate 🥊) or self- self lead to self harm

Question 3

What are the 3 Cognitive 🧠(thinking) Characteristics of Depression?

Answer 3

1) Death 💀 💭- constant death/suicide 💭- 🌎 better without them
2) Negative 👎 💭- 👎 view/schema- 👎 expectations- if 👎 things expected= happen- 👍 💭 ignored- 🧠 bias
3) Absolutist 💭- “complete disaster”- situations either all 👍 or all 👎- 💭 everything 👎