• Depression can make you feel separated from friends and loved ones, when in reality you're not."Come Back To Me Hand and Raindrops in Blue Creative Commons" is Copyrighted by Flickr user: Pink Sherbet Photography (D. Sharon Pruitt) under the Creative Commons Attribution license.
  
  

Suicidal Behavior

• Many emotional and physical symptoms of depression, including fatigue and feelings of hopelessness, can cause people to feel suicidal or try to kill themselves.
  
  

Physical Changes

• Depression can cause some people to lose or gain weight, have sleeping problems, develop headaches and/or experience pain in different parts of their body.
  
  

Daily Activities

• People with depression often do not want to get involved in activities that they once participated in because they no longer feel interested in these pursuits. Some individuals may have a difficult time performing essential, everyday functions, such as going to work or school or taking care of their children, according to the All About Depression website.
  
  

Relationships

• Depression can cause sufferers to have a difficult time relating to people close to them and/or they develop strained relationships with loved ones, including friends and family members, according to the National Institute of Mental Health.
  
  

Other Health Problems

• The National Institute of Mental Health states that people sometimes develop anxiety disorders, such as panic disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder or generalized anxiety disorder, at the same time as or after they start to suffer from depression. Depression can also cause people to develop substance and/or alcohol abuse problems.
  
  

Consideration

• It is possible for depression to be inherited or genetic because some people have genes that make them more prone to depression, according to the Nemours Foundation.