Do you struggle with mood swings that can make or break your day?
Are you struggling to find the motivation to get out of bed each day?
Have sadness, negative thoughts & feeling worthless become frequent visitors in your life?

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Depression has many different faces and it can manifest and show in many different ways for different people. Often people think of the extremes of feeling sad and not wanting to get out of bed. While this may be true for many, in others it can feel more like irritability, anger, wanting to isolate yourself from others, emotionality, wanting to sleep a lot, any many others. There are also other mood disorders such as Bipolar Disorder that involves extremes of emotions and emotional lability and what are called manic or hypomanic symptoms. If you have a diagnosis already that you are struggling with or If you are wondering if something is wrong, it never hurts to talk to a professional to evaluate what might be going on. We believe in the importance of prevention and early intervention.

People often feel sad about events that occur in life. Sadness itself is not necessarily depression, but if you are having trouble dealing with those life events (we often call this an adjustment disorder) and feel like you are not moving through the sadness it often helps to talk to someone about it and make sure that it does not develop into something more serious over time.

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The truth is that depression looks a little bit different in everyone. Why? Because we know everyone is an individual. That said, there are some similarities and below is a list of common symptoms of depression:

• Feelings of hopelessness and worthlessness

• Negative self talk

• A sense of isolation

• Depressed mood, or just feeling down

• Changes in appetite or weight

• Less interest or pleasure in activities you’ve always enjoyed

• Loss of energy

• Fatigue

• Moving and/or thinking more slowly than usual

• Difficulty concentrating

• Thoughts of death or suicide

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Our therapists at Affordable Counseling Center in Brandon Fl, Tampa Fl, Riverview Fl, Valrico Fl, Seffner Fl, New Tampa Fl, Dover Fl, Plant City Fl, Lithia Fl, Gibsonton Fl, Apollo Beach Fl and Ruskin, Florida have helped thousands and thousands of clients who experience stress, depression or anxiety in their life and  lead a happy positive life.

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