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RACING THOUGHTS ?
Do you FLY OFF THE HANDLE / NEED LESS SLEEP ?
Feeling IRRITABLE ?
Is your SPENDING OUT OF CONTROL ?
Many people don’t think of these as symptoms of BIPOLAR DISORDER.
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Knowledge of depression
Depression is a widespread disease and approximately 9% of the population will develop depression at some point in their life.This means that approximately 2.3 million people in Malaysia will be hit by depression at some point in their life.
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Anxiety
If you are suffering from depression, you will often be nervous and have anxiety symptoms. And if you are suffering from an anxiety condition, you will often also be depressed. An anxiety condition is a disease in which anxiety, worry and nervousness are so prominent and bothersome that you have to change and restrict your life. There are things you are unable to do and there can be places where you are unable to go due to your anxiety.
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Thematic articles
Thematic articles are longer articles which focus on different subjects relating to depression. New articles are added continuously.
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Articles

Are you ill?
It is important to decide whether you are just sad or truly suffering from depression. This is because there is a difference between being sad about losing a close family member for example and being sad as a result of depression.
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Feelings, thoughts and action
It is very important that you realise that your negative thoughts have nothing to do with reality. Negative thinking is a symptom of depression. Your negative thoughts put you in a bad mood and give you negative feelings.
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Friends
Friends play a central and vital role in most people's lives. Most people have a circle of friends that they meet regularly. A group of friends gives us a feeling of emotional support and stability. It is important for our self-esteem that we belong to a group.
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Stories

Different
My mother always told me that I was different from the other kids, but she has never said why. I really never had much to worry about, nice home, intelligent, healthy, enough friends.
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Speed Bump
I was diagnosed with a severe depressive episode in 1999. At that time my GP referred me to a psychologist that I continued to see for approximately 1 year. I feel I was lucky to meet her as somehow we matched and she was able to really help me put my life back together.
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Life is hard
My childhood was alright although I was not given much playing time with my friends. After school, I had to be at my family's shop to work there until the shop closed at night.
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