Depression

Depression can put your goals at risk and make you miss out on the good stuff in life. Common depressive symptoms include:

• Generally low mood
• Not as much enjoyment from the things you used to enjoy
• Feeling overly tired
• Problems eating or sleeping
• Thinking more slowly than normal or becoming more forgetful
• Thinking unrealistically and negatively
• Feeling irritable
• Problems getting the things you need and want done
• Loss of appetite
• Loss of interest in having friends

These symptoms can be painful and may lead to something called clinical depression. Having clinical depression when you're young can increase your risk of getting depression again when you're older. You might find it harder to do well in school or at your job, you may have difficulties finding and keeping friends and maintaining other relationships. Depression may cause you to have problems with alcohol or drug abuse. Most importantly, depression can make it hard to become the sort of person you want to be.

You can improve your mood and learn healthier ways to manage your feelings by following through with Project CURB.