 Are you going through life like a zombie? You wake up every morning without any energy. Your mind is stuck in a fog. Simple tasks take lots of effort and you wanna lie down all the time but resting never helps. If this sounds like you, you might be experiencing signs of depression which can leave you persistently exhausted. Here are six signs it's depression, not just tiredness. Number one, you're oversleeping. Do you sleep far more than usual? Most people sleep between seven and eight hours a night but if you have depression, disruptions in the neurotransmitters that regulate sleep might leave you sleeping for 10 or more hours per night. Even after sleeping for so long, you feel just as tired as before and still wanna nap more. Number two, you're undersleeping. On the other hand, do you sleep far less than usual? People with depression can have highly disturbed sleep patterns that lead to insomnia. If it takes you over an hour to get to sleep and you wake up constantly for no obvious reason, this could be another sign of depressive symptoms leaving you exhausted. Number three, nothing makes you happy anymore. Have you lost pleasure in activities you once enjoyed? A common symptom of depression is anhedonia which is the inability to feel pleasure in anything. Your most cherished pastimes become meaningless shores that you're too tired to deal with. Nothing chews you up or even interests you. Number four, you've lost appetite and weight. Do cooking and eating feel like burdens? Depression can turn daily tasks into great difficulties and reduce your desire to eat leading to dramatically less food consumption and unhealthy weight loss. This can become a vicious cycle. You're too tired to cook and eat which reduces the energy you consume which makes you even more tired. Number five, you've gained appetite and weight. On the other hand, do you feel a voracious desire to eat more? Depression can intensify specific food cravings that can feel like the only pleasure in life but they never really satisfy you and you're always wanting more. This often leads to unhealthy weight gain that can feel out of control. And number six, you constantly feel sadness and guilt. If the previous signs sounded familiar, how did you feel about them? Depression often overwhelms you with feelings of sadness and guilt that pile on obsessive negative judgments about yourself. You experience exhaustion and call yourself lazy. You feel no pleasure and call yourself a killjoy. You eat too little and call yourself wasteful. You eat too much and call yourself greedy. You achieve nothing and call yourself unproductive. These constant judgments sap your energy and make you even more tired. Do you relate to any of these symptoms mentioned in the video? Let us know in the comments below. Don't forget to like and share this article if you think it'll help someone else. The studies and references used are listed in the description below. Until next time and thanks for watching.