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melancholy

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mel·an·chol·y (mln-kl)
n.
1. Sadness or depression of the spirits; gloom.
2. Melancholia.

melancholy
Psychiatry Depression that follows external events–eg, mourning loss of a loved one. Cf Melancholia.

Patient discussion about melancholy.

Q. I may be healthier now, but miserable… I’ve not been smoking for a whole month (my longest period in the last decade), and I do feel a bit better physically, but it seems that I lost the joy of life – I don’t go out with my friends any more (because they’re all smokers), I envy other smokers, and generally I feel nervous and dull. Will it be like that forever or is there hope?

A. Well, try to think about what are you missing? The foul smell? The yellow teeth? The feeling of suffocating next morning? Whenever you feel longing to cigarettes, try to think again why you stopped smoking- and it’d help you to keep with it.

Q. Please tell me what to do as I have no self-esteem and I am feeling really low. My girlfriend has left me and she cannot understand that I feel sluggish with no energy and restless. Our love life has lost its magic as I feel physically and mentally drained with fatigue and exhaustion. I was just discharged from the army about 6 months back and I don’t know whether this has affected me. Please tell me what to do as I have no self-esteem and I am feeling really low.

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Q. i get in to depression suddenly from a very calm mood. I get in to depression suddenly from a very calm mood. I am having a high mood swing for nearly a year. Sometimes I become crazy and start to jump on the roads. The other minute I do remember something from past and go in to deep depression. Due to this continuous change in my mood I am not able to concentrate on my studies. With this behavior I have lost some of my good friends too. This has put me in continuous stress and I have almost forgotten my good night sleep. My friends say that I am a bipolar….

A. Rohan,
The others are right, it would be benificial to you to seek professional help... You are saying that you have things in your past that are causing you stress, those things need to be worked through with a professional. You do not hve to continue suffering... Seek a proper diagnosis and you will get treatments that can help you feel much better...

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