SYMPTOMS OF DEPRESSION AND SUICIDAL TENDENCIES

• Feeling sad or irritable most of the time

• Losing interest in things that you enjoyed earlier

• Feeling fatigued and exhausted without any exertion

• Feeling hopeless about the future

• Disturbed sleeping patterns

• Becoming sentimental about minor things

• Feeling alienated from the world

• Losing appetite or a sudden tendency to eat more

• Frequent tearfulness

• Signs of physical self-harm such as scratch marks, cuts

• Asking or looking for possible tools for committing suicide

• Communicating thoughts of suicide

• Giving away precious belongings