[Lily_1983]

I have dated a person who obviously suffered from depression. He appeared to be so charming, normal, outgoing. He has lots lots people like him and has absolutely no problems making friends.Lately, I learned that he suffered from severe depression. He had several suicide attempts. It may sound very scary, but how, a normal person with no medical backgrounds be able to tell who is a nut job, who is normal? Especially when I want to have a relationship with that person.Thank you in advice.

[d_macgowan]

There are a variety of signs and symptoms of clinical depression. Check out the link below to see the most common ones.

If someone suffers from Depression, it doesn't make them a''nut job''as you so kindly put it. It doesn't mean they're not normal, it doesn't make them different from anyone else, so, why should it matter?

firstly may i point out that calling a depressed person a"nut job"is not a good term to use, especially as most people on this section here have mental health problems.i would say that depressed people are sometimes hard to read, you cannot tell because often people keep their feelings locked up inside of them.i guess they might act withdrawn, reject offers to go out places, and seem disinterested or vacant. depression sucks the life out of you and doing anything can seem impossible. they might seem tearful as this is another symptom.many depressed people also self harm (don't get me wrong, that's not all, and not all self-harmers are depressed) so you might notice some scars on their arms or something.i think generally you might not be able to tell, but those might be some telling signs.

depressed is normal, at certain age and time of our life we experiences this. it comes and go and always treatable if you know what to do. vilift is helpful in terms of depression.

Depression can be overcome, so don't discount someone for something in their past. They may be all better now. Sometimes it's teenage hormones, sometimes it's something else. But people can come out the other side and have a normal life as well.

If you know the person well, it won't be hard for you to start noticing the signs of depression. A depressed person wants to be alone most of the time and there is a change in his/her basic habits: eats to much -sometimes of the same kind of food- or refuses to eat; starts suffering from insomnia or refuses to leave the bed in the morning. There is a look of disorientation in the person that most of the time tries to cover with excuses. A depressed person needs help and with the proper assistance can go back to normality.