(If you admit to five or more of these symptoms then you are probably depressed)

Being restless and agitated.

Waking  up  early.

Having  difficulty  sleeping or sleeping  more.

Feeling  tired  and  lacking  energy.

Doing less and less.

Using  more  tobacco, alcohol  or  other drugs  than usual.

Not  eating  properly and  losing  or  putting  on weight.

Crying a lot.

Difficulty remembering  things.

Physical aches  and  pains with no physical cause.

Feeling low-spirited for much of the time.

Being unusually irritable or impatient.

Feeling  helpless.

Getting no pleasure out of life or what you usually enjoy.

Losing interest in your sex life.

Finding it hard to  concentrate  or  make  decisions.

Blaming  yourself  and  feeling  unnecessarily  guilty. about things.

Lacking self-confidence and self-esteem.

Being pre-occupied  with  negative  thoughts.

Feeling  numb,  empty  and  despairing. 

Distancing  yourself  from  others.

Not asking for support.

Taking a bleak,  and pessimistic view of the future.

Experiencing a sense of unreality.

Self-harming (by cutting yourself, for example).

Thinking about suicide.