Part 1
What symptoms would someone who becomes depressed have?
They may feel very unhappy and have a lack of energy most of the time, not enjoy things they used to enjoy, perhaps have insomnia or sleep too much, and the inability to concentrate or think straight.
How often do people with depression feel depressed?
Most of the day, most of the week, for weeks or months or even years
When people become aware that they hurt others or themselves it is normal for them to feel what?
Guilty
What can you make that no one-not even you could see?
Noise
Severe depression is also called __________.
Major Depressive Disorder
Name 3 depressants
Sedatives, sleeping pills, and barbiturates
Addiction means that a person continues to drink alcohol or use drugs despite what?
Negative consequences, such as breaking promises, lying, stealing, and hurting people in other ways.
What moves faster cold or heat?
Heat because you can always catch a cold
Is depression a natural reaction to a traumatic or intensely emotional situations?
Yes
Name one important aspect of recovery?
To learn to tolerate negative emotions like sadness that are a natural part of life.
What happens as addiction progresses over time?
The pain they inflicted on others becomes more severe and more frequent
If you have a bowl with six apples and you take away four, how many do you have left?
The four you took
What is the difference between sadness and depression?
Depression lasts longer, is more severe, has a greater effect on people's ability to function and is more dangerous
For the treatment of depression what medications are not mood-altering and will not jeopardize sobriety?
Antidepressants
Many unpleasant experiences are normal and healthy, and they have a valuable purpose.
Give an example
Being able to experience pain is healthy because it is a signal that something is wrong.
What did the left eye say to the right eye?
Between us, something smells
When do most people become sad?
After a traumatic or emotionally difficult situation, such as losing a family member or a job.
Therapy for depression can help people identify circumstances that may do what?
Cause, worsen, or prolong depression, and it can give them skills to avoid these circumstances and make symptoms less severe.
Recovery involves learning to face reality without doing what?
Becoming consumed with guilt and without using any mood-altering drugs
What sound do porcupines make when they kiss?
Ouch!