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Healthy Way – Am I Depressed Or Just In A Funk? Here’s How To Tell The Difference

Dr. Danielle Forshee, Psy.D., tells Healthy Way readers how to differentiate between general sadness and clinical depression.

“In sadness, there are mostly feelings of emptiness and loss. In depression, there is a persistent depressed mood and inability to anticipate happiness or pleasure,” says Dr. Danielle Forshee, Psy.D., a practicing psychologist.

“Feelings associated with sadness are likely to decrease in intensity over the course of a few days or weeks and occur in waves,” Forshee adds. “These waves tend to be associated with thoughts or reminders of what it is that is making you sad. The depressed mood of depression is more persistent and not tied to specific thoughts. Usually thoughts in depression are associated with self-criticism or pessimism.”

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