How to Get Out of a Depressive Episode

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During the course of our lifetime, It’s normal to experience a temporary funk of melancholic sadness. However, a chronically low mood marked with diminishing functioning over a significant amount of time may be pointing to depression.
The DSM-51 classifies depression as a mood disorder that causes a persistent feeling of sadness, hopelessness, anxiety, insomnia, and worthlessness amongst other characteristics. If someone has experienced an onslaught of these symptoms over a period of two weeks, this means they’re in the midst of a depressive episode.
Depression can often be misunderstood, stigmatized, and thus untreated so it’s common for feelings of hopelessness to persist. Therefore, it’s important to recognize the telltale signs of depression to manage the disorder sooner. Then, you can take the steps to deploy scientifically sound tools to get out of a depressive episode.