Depression & Low Mood
Welcome to Kooth’s Depression Collection. This evolving collection is full of content to help you understand, manage and address feelings of depression or low mood.
Please remember, if you need urgent support or feel you are a danger to yourself or others, it’s important that you speak to crisis services. Here are some you can reach out to.
Kooth is full of useful ways to explore your feelings. Our trained mental health practitiomners are used to helping young people with feelings of depression, and our welcoming, friendl;y platform is a safe space to explore yor feelings.
What is depression?
Everyone feels sad sometimes, and everyone has the odd off day. However, depression is when that sadness or low mood doesn’t go away and it starts to interrupt the quality of your life.
Symptoms of depression
Of course, depression is experienced differently by different people. While some might experience mild symptoms, for others, they are more severe.
Here are some of the more typical symptoms a person with depression might experience:
- low mood that lasts all or most of the day
- changes in appetite
- sleep difficulties or changes in sleeping patterns
- lack of motivation or interest in things you previously enjoyed
- irritability
- difficulty focusing on tasks or remembering what to do
- a feeling of sadness or emptiness that doesn’t seem to go away
Like many mental health conditions, depression is ‘invisible’. People can’t necessarily see that you’re struggling, which can make it harder to find support.
You can’t just ‘snap out of’ depression, and sometimes medical intervention is required.
What can I do if I need more support?
Explore Kooth is full of useful, helpful and supportive content to help you work through some of life’s challenges. However, when you’re really struggling, reading stories, listening to podcasts or watching videos might not be enough.
Why not head over to our main site, Kooth.com? It’s a safe, welcoming space for you to explore youir feelings with other young people and trained mental health workers. Kooth is completely anonymous, so nobody will know who you are. It’s also completely free.
How does Kooth work?
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