According to the World Health Organization, 300 million people of all ages battle with it.

根據世界衛生組織，不論年齡層，有三億人正在與憂鬱症對抗。

Depression is a sneaky mental disorder.

憂鬱症是很鬼鬼祟祟的心理疾病。

It's difficult to catch during the early stages.

在早期階段，很難被察覺。

Most of us realize we have depression when we are deep in the grips of it.

大多數人發現自己有憂鬱症時，都已經很嚴重了。

Those with this mental disorder feel hopeless, empty or sad, fatigued, irritable, and restless.

有這個心理疾病的人，會感到無望、空虛、難過、疲累、易怒和焦躁。

Depression not only takes your motivation away, but you can have problems concentrating and making decisions.

憂鬱症不只讓動力消失，你也可能會難以專注和下決定。

Those of us with this disorder can act in ways that will worsen the situation.

大多數有憂鬱症的人可能會出現一些行為，讓情況惡化。

Here's a list of ten things depression makes you do.

這裡列出十項憂鬱症會讓你做的事。

One, isolating yourself.

第一，孤立自己。

Individuals with depression isolate themselves for different reasons.

有憂鬱症的人會因為不同原因孤立自己。

Some will keep to themselves because they feel overwhelmed socializing, and others believe it's better to be alone.

有些人會獨自待著因為社交壓力太巨大了，其他人則相信獨自一人比較好。

In other cases, the person may feel so much self-hatred that they prefer to not interact with people.

在其他狀況下，有些人可能有太多自我厭惡，他們認為不要跟人互動比較好。

Those with severe depression may even stay in their house for weeks.

有重鬱症的人，可能會待在家裡好幾個星期。

Two, being disorganized.

第二，缺乏組織。

Depression leaves you feeling exhausted, so cleaning a room or home becomes an endeavor.

憂鬱症會讓人疲累，所以整理房間或房子就成了需要努力的事。

Dirty dishes and clothes start piling up while your garbage is overflowing the trash.

髒的碗盤和衣服開始堆積，垃圾桶的垃圾也滿了出來。

It becomes an even bigger a physical challenge to walk around your room because everything is on the floor.

生理上而言在房間走動變成挑戰，因為所有東西都在地板上。

Living in a cluttered place leaves you feeling uneasy, but the lack of energy doesn't help.

住在狹窄的空間讓你不安，但因為缺乏能量而無能為力。

Three, poor hygiene.

第三，糟糕的衛生。

Depression zaps all your energy.

憂鬱症會榨光你所有精力。

It's difficult enough to get out of bed, so showering, brushing your teeth, washing your hair and taking care of your body, it goes out the window.

要下床就已經很難了，所以洗澡、洗頭髮、照顧身體，全都做不了。

Those without depression may see this behavior as lazy, but the truth is, showering or changing into clean clothes is exhausting and painful at times.

沒有憂鬱症的人覺得這樣很懶惰，但事實是，洗澡或換上乾淨衣服，有時候真的很累人也很痛苦。

Four, struggling with sleep.

第四，無法好好睡覺。

Depression affects your sleeping schedule, some of you may stay up and sleep very little.

憂鬱症會影響你的睡眠行程，有些人可能會熬夜而且睡很少。

It keeps you up with your intrusive unwanted thoughts.

這會讓你產生侵入性卻不得已才有的想法。

These may end up making you feel anxious all through the night.

可能會讓你整晚都非常焦慮。

In other cases, some of you will sleep excessively and still feel unrested.

在其他狀況下，有些人可能會睡得非常多，但還是覺得沒休息到。

Five, catastrophizing every situation.

第五，把所有情形災難化。

Depression plays tricks on your mind, making you believe negative things.

憂鬱症會擾亂你的思緒，讓你相信負面的事。

It can get to a point where you're constantly looking out for bad things to reassure your pessimistic thinking.

到達一個程度，你會一直找壞事，來重複證實你的悲觀想法。

Every time something bad happens, you use it as evidence to prove how bad life is.

每次看到壞事發生，你會把它視作證據，證明人生就是這麼糟。

This slippery slope makes it difficult to see life under a brighter light.

這種滑坡效應會讓人難以看見生命中的好。

Six, terrible eating habits.

第六，糟糕的飲食習慣。

Those with depression will either eat too much or hardly anything at all.

有憂鬱症的人可能會吃太多，或幾乎不吃東西。

Some of you may find yourself in the kitchen eating everything in side, trying to eat away the emptiness or sadness you're feeling while others don't have an appetite and may even feel disgusted by food.

有些人可能會在廚房吃光所有東西，試圖用吃來填補空虛和撫平難過，其他人可能完全沒食慾，看到食物就覺得噁心。

In other cases, some of you may feel so exhausted that that thought of preparing a meal is overwhelming.

在其他狀況，有些人可能會覺得太累，準備一餐的想法已經太壓迫了。

Seven, lack of motivation.

第七，缺乏動力。

Depression steals your interests and desires right from under you.

憂鬱症會把你的興趣和慾望偷走。

Your favorite pastimes and hobbies no longer satisfy you, slowly you find yourself feeling dead and numb inside.

你最喜歡的消遣和興趣不再能滿足你，慢慢地，你發現自己的內在麻木而死寂。

If you aren't careful you'll end up staying in bed all day.

如果你不小心，可能一整天都會待在床上。

Eight, evading your problems.

第八，逃避問題。

Depression by itself is overwhelming, you can feel devastated and out of control most days, so trying to face situations and problems head-on is difficult enough.

憂鬱症本身讓人難以抗拒，你會有很多天都沮喪且失控，所以直接面對問題是非常難的。

Instead, you ignore or set the problem aside, and this in turn can bring trouble because it will continue to pile up.

取而代之地，你會忽視或把問題擺一邊，這可能就會造成麻煩，因為問題不斷在累積。

Nine, feeling guilty and feeling self-hatred.

第九，有罪惡感且自我厭惡。

If you allow depression to take over your thoughts, then you'll most likely feel self-hatred.

如果你允許憂鬱症霸佔你的思緒，你最可能會感到自我厭惡。

You'll continue to talk down to yourself and this often leads to the development of self-esteem issues along with poor self-image, eventually you'll believe you aren't worth it anymore.

你會持續貶低自己，往往會導致自尊發展的問題，自我價值極低，最終你會相信你什麼也不值得。

Some people with this mental disorder can even feel guilt by thinking all their problems are their fault.

有些有憂鬱症的人甚至會覺得所有問題都是他們的錯，因而感到罪惡。

And ten, living in fear.

第十，活在恐懼中。

People with depression fear that terrible things will happen to them.

有憂鬱症的人總害怕糟糕的事情會發生在他們身上。

In severe cases, some of you will sabotage a good situation, believing that it will turn bad.

在嚴重的案子裡，有些人會毀壞好的情況，認為最終都會導向壞結果。

Other times individuals will reject opportunities and stop pursuing their dreams.

其他時候，有些人會拒絕機會，阻止自己追求夢想。

It's a twisted way to protect yourself because this prevents you from living and achieving amazing things.

這是保護自己的扭曲方式，因為這阻止你過生活，也阻止你達成驚人的事情。

Depression affects us in different ways.

憂鬱症以不同方式影響著我們。

The list mentioned in this video contains some of the common behaviors those with the disorder have.

這支影片提到的事項，包含了一些常見的憂鬱症行為。

Do you agree with these points?

你認同這些點嗎？

What other behaviors have you noticed?

有沒有其他你注意到的行為？

Let us know in the comment section below.

在底下的留言區讓我們知道吧！