Extreme fatigue
Trouble sleeping or oversleeping Betterhelp/Deborah Hayes
Problem taking pleasure in activities that are usually enjoyable
Feelings of emptiness, despondence, or sadness
On the other hand, guys may experience particular problems or engage in specific bothersome habits that might suggest depression however aren’t normally acknowledged as such:
Overindulging in escapism
Medical concerns
Substance use disorder
Irritability
Risky behaviors
Depression can be especially harmful with males due to the fact that a number of us do not wish to recognize that we may require aid, mainly because conventional masculinity ideology motivates us to limit the expression of our emotions, particularly those linked to depression. This likely aspects into why women are statistically twice as most likely as guys to be diagnosed with depression.
Now, let’s look more closely at some of the most common depression symptoms in guys.
hi Lucy good to fulfill you hey so I understand that you referred here by your GP since you’ve been feeling rather down just recently yeah I believed I need to I have actually been feeling quite bad for quite a while so I believed maybe it’s time to see somebody about it since I don’t want to feel like this anymore all right so um from your notes I saw that you saw the GP about three months ago yeah and the length of time have you been feeling down altogether and several months before that also actually but it’s gotten quite bad these previous few months so that’s type of why I came alright so as it worsened considering that you saw your gear yeah all right so inform me haven’t health how are things
at the moment and well it kind of begun just feeling a bit low and wound up about things but I don’t know just recently I I simply can’t actually be bothered to do anything it sort of find it hard to get encouraged for things and I wish to be I really want to be much better but it’s simply sort of reaching the hem now or I just I want to do something about it okay so you said that you’re feeling really down actually unfortunate yeah and you seem like you have not got any motivation um but are you okay yeah all right and you haven’t got any inspiration but it seems like you’ve put quite a great deal of pressure on yourself to try and feel a bit better yeah I just it’s sort of hard also because there’s not truly anybody to discuss some it just type of remain on my own shot to I don’t like to think of it however really so you say you have actually been feeling quite separated there’s very few people around yeah nobody I can talk to about it do not listen I comprehend anyway alright so I’m simply going to attempt and find out a bit more about you so I understand that you’re an English student at uni yeah and you live far from home with some good friends is that right yeah yeah fine so you do not you don’t it far from the Uni and however you state you feel like you cope with your friends however you do not feel like you can talk to them yeah I suggest they’re lovely I get on really well with them however I don’t understand I just recently whenever they wish to go out or things I simply I do not want to bring them down I can’t they don’t understand what I’m going to they type of I didn’t they didn’t make fun of how
I feel however you do not actually comprehend what it resembles I do not want to go out with them and bring them down stuff alright so it sounds do you attempt and hide the method you’re feeling from them I think I suggest it’s easier to hide it then to attempt to discuss everything the time when Lo and Brady would like to know fine so it seems like you have actually been feeling down you’ve been feeling uninspired and you seem like you wish to be better but actually it sounds like you feel like you can’t connect for aid you can’t talk to anyone no I don’t really speak to my moms and dads about ether how’s their hair sort of hard fine I’m simply going to return in time another suppose I’m simply questioning when when did all of this start you stated it’s been going on for several months yeah um I guess it kind of begun when I was really when I was revising for my exams um I guess the tension I put a great deal of tension on myself I think I have actually always wished to do well for me and I think my parents so the stress of exams and it was likewise kind of tough because my parents were going through a little bit a troubled time frame so alright so this would resemble last March last April yeah take so around that time so about six months ish and it seems like a lot was happening so you had a great deal of uni pressure on and he said that your parents were having marital issues alright and it sounds like that was a genuine shock to you yeah I think it was hard as well due to the fact that I wasn’t doing well at uni any I guess I just felt a bit guilty I I understand it sounds ridiculous but I felt like maybe if I might do better than they would improve but I didn’t it just wasn’t really occurring all right so it sounds like you were
trying to strive and be more successful because you believed that that would make them happier and attempt and fix things yeah I wanted to make them feel much better but it just type of kept fied a little I think how did it backfire well it simply ended up with them becoming worse and I have actually just been feeling even worse ever since all right so after the summer season after the exam duration and how did that examination duration go for you in the end
So I did not have an answer for you about the insurance coverage however after doing some digging the EAP is dealt with through my counselors guide. EAP process
” An EAP (Employee Help Program) is an employee benefit program that assists workers and members of their immediate home with personal problems and/or work-related issues that may impact their job performance, health, psychological and emotional wellness. A subcontracted service provider to companies throughout the United States which provide services to EAPs. EAPs normally use:
Confidential evaluations Betterhelp/Deborah Hayes
Short-term therapy with a pre-set number of sessions on a per-issue basis, and is based upon what the employer has contracted with the EAP to provide
No charge to the staff member or family member, as these services are totally pre-paid by their company. Members can choose to continue dealing with you past their designated sessions by paying out of pocket
Financial, legal, and caregiving (child, grownup) assessment by professionals in these areas of proficiency