What is mild depression?
Despite its name, mild depression is a distressing illness, whose symptoms are as follows: • You feel generally sad and don’t have the energy to do things that you usually do. You may be able to pull yourself together but not for particularly long periods. • You don’t enjoy things as much as you used to. • You are distinctly tired, and sleeping doesn’t help. You may misinterpret your tiredness and think that you have a physical illness. • You may have non-specific physical symptoms. This means that you may be in pain “here and there”, feel dizzy, have a tight chest, etc. If you have had physical symptoms for a long time and cannot explain them, you may be suffering from mild depression. You should therefore go to your family physician.
