There is simply no escaping the illness, every minute of every day. Each action requires an effort of the soul comparable to the physical effort required to make the body respond. Every change in our condition demands a new effort to respond, to recoil. When our emotional resources are exhausted, when we feel beaten to a frazzle, our bodily chemicals become unbalanced. We are depressed.
Depression manifests itself in a myriad of ways.
Most notably, there can be changes in any or all of life's basic patterns. Appetite will frequently be diminish. Alternatively, some individuals will eat compulsively. Emotions are not controlled. From snapping hostilely at everyone around to weeping at the drop of a hat, our emotions are on the surface.