Burns Concerns – Depression Checklist

Burns Concerns 1. Sadness: Do you feel sad or down in the dumps?
– Anhedonia
– I am sad for the tragedies in my life.
– hopes crushed: Debi, Allyson, people not being who I thought they might be for me = disappointment.
– lack of doppelganger companionship = always compromising my interests as the preice of intimacy.
– always alone.


2. Discouragement: Does the future look hopeless?
– not exactly hopeless, but unlikely to change.
– Settled. Hardened. Predictable.
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3. Low self-esteem: Do you feel worthless?
– No, but I feel unmotivated by goals.
– as if nothing is important. Nothing matters.
– lack of excitement and enthusiasm.
– I am very worried about my disengagement and lack of concern for people. Social Anhedonia? As if my only interest is utility … that I use people. I am critical of this trait.


4. Inferiority: Do you feel inadequate or inferior to others?
– not so much, but I am not whom or what I want to be.
– i feel inferior to my hopeful dream of myself.

5. Guilt: Do you get self-critical and blame yourself?
– I am reminded of my sins and mistakes, and the pain I’ve caused others.
– where I have done to others what harm has been done to me.

6. Indecisiveness: Is it hard to make decisions?
– it seems like there are no useful, fun or beneficial decisions to make.


7. Irritability: Do you frequently feel angry or resentful?
– when provoked
– when exposed to stupidity, arrogance
– when exposed to willful ignorance
– when exposed to judgemental criticism
– when exposed to the willful bearing of false witness and doing harm
– so, environmental irritability = stimulus

8. Loss of interest in life: Have you lost interest in your career, hobbies, family or friends?
– Anhedonia. Yes.

9. Loss of motivation: Do you have to push yourself hard to do things?
– Yes.

10. Poor self-image: Do you feel old or unattractive?
– I don’t feel sexy or desired.

11. Appetite changes: Have you lost your appetite? Do you overeat or binge compulsively?
– not more than usually undisciplined about food.
– food as pleasure.

12. Sleep changes: Is it hard to get a good night’s sleep? Are you excessively tired and sleeping too much?
– Yes, tired, sleep disorder

13. Loss of sex drive: Have you lost your interest in sex?
– Anhedonia.
– self reproach, loss of ability therefore feeling bad about myself due to comparison to others, feel like a failure.
– testosterone deficiency, lifetime

14. Concerns about health: Do you worry excessively about your health?
– not excessively.
– I do have chronic health problems
– I am concerned now but wasn’t before.
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