Physical Symptoms of Depression include:

Physical Symptoms of Depression include:

* Changes in weight - either significant loss or gain in weight.
* Restlessness, fatigue.
* Physical aches and pains, sometimes with the fear that you are seriously ill.

Some more Severe Symptoms of Depression include:

* Thoughts about death or suicide.
* Increased heart beat
* Poor concentration, memory or attention.

Common symptom of depression, as voiced by Hamlet: "How weary, stale, flat, and unprofitable seem to me all the uses of this world!"

Importantly, there are also other illnesses which may produce similar symptoms to depression, and that require a very different treatment. Your doctor will be able to test for these.

The way our thought process works, how depression affects our biology and where the physical symptoms of depression come from are the most vital pieces of information needed to Understand Depression.