| Overly emotional Overly sensitive |
Unusually irritable
Excessively hostile |
Easily upset
Easily angered |
Irrational when angry, Violent when
angry |
| Negative outlook about life in general |
Overly critical of self, of others, & situations |
Stressed-out, Burned-out, |
Can't get a job
Can't keep a job |
Appears to be "lazy"
Tired all the time |
Can't keep house even moderately cleaned up |
May let personal hygiene go |
Sleeps a lot
Can't sleep |
| Has verbally expressed hating life |
Makes subtle or blatant mentions of wanting
to be dead |
Mentions wanting to be killed in an accident |
Wishes for a terminal illness |
| Doesn't want to see people much |
Doesn't want to go places or do things much |
Generally not happy |
Starts smoking, drinking, or using drugs |
| Not self-aware enough to realize there is a
problem |
Takes it personally & denies anything is "wrong" with
himself or herself |
Attributes a lifetime of these symptoms to "personality" |
A person can be depressed and suicidal and be
completely unaware of it |
| It is possible that there are no visible symptoms
at all |
A person can seem normal and happy due to perhaps
adrenaline when around friends and family |
A person can suddenly become relieved & happy
because they have a plan to kill themselves |
A person may even drop subtle hints to co-workers
or strangers about a plan to commit suicide |
