Despondent
The term despondent indicates extreme low mood, somewhat like a depressed state. A person can be said to be suffering from depression only when other symptoms are present besides low mood, like
- Anhedonia: Loss of pleasure in otherwise pleasurable situation.
- Appetite variation: Either increased or decreased appetite due to effect in circadian rhythm.
- Sleep disturbances might include: Insomnia: Early morning awakening/irritated sleep/delayed onset of sleep; Hypersomnia: Increased sleep, withdrawal from reality;
- Psychomortor retardation or agitation: Reflected on motor behaviour, clumsiness of posture or gait, low self image, reduced volume of voice.
- Loss of energy: Continued state of fatigue.
- Feelings of worthlessness, hopelessness and haplessness, associated with inappropriate guilt, which often leads to narcissistic injury.
- Morbid thoughts: Recurrent thought of death and suicide.