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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If she's not showering or bathing daily, SUPER RED FLAG for depression. Have you read up on common symptoms?
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As a quick reference...symptoms often include

Mood - can be any of....sad, overwhelmed, irritable, angry, empty, numb. Also may be anxious in situations they weren't previously anxious about (social situations, work requirements etc...)

Sleep Changes - too much or too little
Interest Change - loss of interest in things she used to enjoy
Guilt - feelings of guilt, self-depreciation, not good enough, 
Energy - loss of energy and motivation 
Concentration - hard to focus, hard to think, hard to get anything done and follow through to completion on tasks
Cognitive distortions - perspective skewed by polarized thinking/catastrophizing/personalizing/blaming/overgeneralizing/filtering out positives
Appetite Changes - eat too little or too much
Psychomotor Slowing - moves slower, every physical action takes more effort, inertia becomes very powerful. Body may even start to feel heavy, disconnected. 
Suicide - either suicidal ideation or planning or more passive death thoughts - people would be better off if I was dead, dead isn't so bad.

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