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By - Onkar Dureja To overcome depression, it helps  to understand  the facts. Depression  may be a  medical condition and not “laziness” or  a short lived  response to normal grief and/or discouragement. Symptoms of Depression A major depressive episode is defined as experiencing five or more of  the subsequent  symptoms  a day  (or most days)  for 2  weeks or more: Depressed or irritable mood Sleep problems (i.e., sleeping  an excessive amount of  or too little; sleeping mainly during the day) Change in interests (i.e., not being  curious about  what you  want to  enjoy) or low motivation Excessive guilt or unrealistically low self-image considerably low energy and/or adjust in self-care (i.e., not shower anymore) considerably worse attention (i.e., sharp decline in results or performance) Changes in appetite (i.e., eating  an excessive amount of...