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Anxiety and irritability

If you are suffering from depression, you will also often be very worried and anxious. Your anxiety can be connected with financial circumstances and other well-known problems, or you may be anxious about getting a serious disease, getting panic attacks or a compulsion neurosis

If you are suffering from very severe depression, you might be terrified of catastrophes, which you think are inevitable

In a so-called agitated depression, anxiety, perplexity and restlessness are the obvious symptoms. In these depressions, the suicide risk can be high and the treatment should be carried out whilst hospitalized.

Read more about anxiety.

 

Men

Mood swings in men can be manifested as increased irritability rather than sadness. You might become

  • discontented
  • touchy
  • quick-tempered
  • restless
  • aggressive

Instead of becoming passive you are active. But you don't get anything out of your activity. As with other depressions your thoughts are marked by feelings of inferiority, pessimism and seeing black.