depressed feelings can affect you strongly

If you think your depressed feelings are badly influencing you life, there are things you can do to alleviate those feelings...If you think that you may be suffering from depression (or depressed feelings) you are advised to talk to someone. Doctors can prescribe medication to alleviate the symptoms where necessary.

Doctors may also refer you to psychiatrist, psychologist or counsellor for ongoing treatment.
Signs that may indicate you are feeling depressed...

— You are unhappy in your work or relationships, and that this unhappiness stays with you over a period of time, and cannot be explained by illness, situation or attitude.
— Loss of interest in things you usually do.
— Doubts about your decisions, more than usually experienced.
— Scary feelings where you can't find good reasons.
— Feelings of not being in control (at work or in your relationships or where things are changing around you).
— Difficulty finding pleasure with activities you usually found funDifficulty settling down to things (like study or listening to music or at a picnic etc).
— Feelings of suicide or thoughts about death (yours or those around you).... this is usually at the bottom end of the range of feelings around depression, but is by no means uncommon.
— Some people have described feeling depressed as living life in black and white. This is usually described after they have found some relief from their condition. Depression can be elusive.

what you can do...

Helping DepressionIn most people, feelings of sadness, unhappiness, and disappointment are as common as fun, enjoyment, satisfaction and happiness. All of us experience a range and variety of emotions and feelings every day.

If feelings of anxiety and unhappiness show up occasionally most of us cope. But there is a marked difference between that so called "coping experience" and the crippling effects of long term, often undiagnosed, suffering of depression.

CBT certainly, usually tackles the surface or symptoms of depression (and other psychological uncomfortableness)... can it fully heal a person from the root causes of these issues?

CBT for depression consists of the therapist helping the client to understand the normal range of expected emotional responses and feelings all of us experience... and is often and usually remarkable effective in relieving the symptoms.

It has been suggested that one in five people in Australia have, or will suffer from depressed feelings to some degree. Many doctors say that over half their patients suffer from such feelings to some significant degree.

Having depressed feelings: ask for help...

Counselling depression helps. Depression counselling can help you find your way out the darkness than often envelops people who are feeling depressed and gives them hope for a future of having some of the good things in life.