2Low Mood
A person dealing with depression often complain of feeling “empty” or “sad,” or tend to cry often. One of the two main red flags used in the diagnosis of depression is having a low mood. Depressed mood is often associated with both persistent depressive disorder and major depressive disorder.
Depression frequently leaves the patient feeling depressed most time in the day, and possibly every day. Adolescents or children may tend to be more irritable, as opposed to being sad for about a year.
Individuals dealing with a persistent depressive disorder are mostly depressed nearly every day for at least two years. It may not be severe and chronic as a full-blown major depression but could share the same symptoms of a major depression persisting for at least two years. [2]
