What does depression feel like for you? Or what do you think it would feel like?

[hiyamotherfers]

My friends question. Honestly have been through it and I think that the song Waves by Dean Lewis captures it perfectly. Anyway it feels like your drowning and there is no way to get relief.

[Anonymous]

It feels like my body slowly decaying as each time I'm forced into my yearly X ray, I see more and more scars forming on my lungs and more flesh rotting away in them from my genetic respiratory condition.

I feel my spine grinding against each section causing constant pain with no relief in sight. No matter how much I sleep, the tiredness never goes away, I can't tell how much is physical tiredness and how much is mental tiredness of me being sick and tired of being sick and tired.

I see more and more useless recommendations for therapy, to which the simple question can never be answered "what's the point of life"? The clearer it becomes that happiness doesn't exist, it's simply an illusion to distract them from the undeniable fact that nothing we do matters.

It feels like being surrounded by activities, but not wanting to do any of them cause I've done everything, literally nothing gives me pleasure.

Every day is exactly the same, go to the office and stare at the screen for 12 hours every day, take your tiny paycheck, and don't you dare leave or you'll have to sleep under a bridge and eat garbage to survive.

It feels like taking many medications that are meant to delay the inevitable shutdown of my respiratory system, but the more I live, the more I realize the development of these medications are a curse and not a blessing as I don't want to live.

It comes with the undying desire to just drop everything and homestead in the middle of nowhere, but you'll go to prison if you try that as homesteading is highly illegal, everything belongs to the government or foreign investors.

There's nothing to look forward to, nothing to enjoy, nothing is ever different, and there's no such thing as a good day. It's wanting to die every waking moment, and every night before bed, I pray that I never wake up, and I'm even more sad when I do wake up, knowing that the lord thinks I haven't yet suffered enough.

It's being so sleep and energy deprived that I can't even shower, brush my teeth, cut my hair, shave, or even wash my hands as it's too draining and there's no reason to do it.

People tell me I should try exercising so I can live longer, but I simply reply by telling them I'd never want to exercise and perform such excruciatingly painful tasks like that, and the absolute last thing I'd ever want is to live longer because I'm not living, I'm suffering.

And having to accept that no matter what I do, constant pain, hopelessness, helplessness, and despair are all I will ever know, until death that is. Only then will my suffering finally come to an end, and I really wish I had the strength to end it myself, but I don't.

That, is what depression feels like to me

[Sonorous]

Sometimes when I'm sad or feeling depressed, I listen to stuff like this as I ruminate.

https://www.youtube.com/embed/1PqjKCYDxKw

I don't really know how to describe the emotions I feel, but here are frequent thoughts I have when I'm depressed:

- Sure, everything has the potential for meaning. But everything still remains inherently meaningless.

- Why am I forced to feel & interpret such extreme suffering? What is the point? Why should I embody this type of meaning in order to "function properly?" Especially since I didn't choose this.

- If I continue with life, is it a form of indirect evil? By being here to contribute to this unpredictable free for all filled with unhappy endings, I'm willingly & indirectly advocating for suffering & death just as much as life? Even if I don't realize. Am I'm advocating for the possibility of someone else's suffering?

[Hulk_kitty]

Any bad emotional pain is horrible, whether its depression, anxiety, ptsd, etc. Is like a intense physical pain that won't stop.

I would it compared it to, been in a really uncomfortable environment, like you been so cold and you can't get any relief. You try everything but nothing works to get yourself warm. I would say feels like been so cold, you can't think straight at the same time.

Drowning is a good answer, but at least you die and there is relief at the end. When I am talking been cold all the time, I would say that is more or less, because you are suffering for long period of time, and you just can't find relief from the painful cold.

[DizzyDesii]

I don’t even really know when its depression. I feel like what i experienced the past few days was deeeep sorrow and loss. Like i felt the urge to cry but couldn’t. My fave foods and shos couldn’t cheer me up. So I don't know if that was considered depression or not

[lightbulb27]

feels like hopelessness and being dead is better.

[Agape93]

It feels like emptiness tinged with bouts of despair, low energy and low motivation.

[Anonymous]

It's a numbing feeling. It's like you're drowning and no matter how much you're fighting to get to the surface mentally, your body won't let you physically. Everything seems dark and hollow. There seems to be no escape from the darkness.

[WanderingLoveWizard]

I've been through much worse than a little depression. You'll get over it

[hiyamotherfers]

that wasn't all of it... thats the shortened version so people dont get scared

[WanderingLoveWizard]

What's the long version?

[exitseven]

When I am sad I always find a way to push myself out of it. When I am depressed I cannot find anything to push against.

[DryGermanGuy]

A lethargic feeling with loss of energy, motivation, social contacts, even appetite...

[Andres77]

LOOONG time ago…it felt like “no hope”.
Now I have hope and an agenda.

[Mansearching]

I'm a manic-depressive. It feels like you're alone and in a hole and you can't get out.

[TrillXHippy]

Depression feels like loss of interest like I lost interest in basketball, early awakening, agitation

[CubaPirate]

Helpless hopeless negativity. But I'm okay now thanks

[noohair]

It feels like my brain is covered in glue.

[Anonymous]

What happened buds...
You ok?

[hiyamotherfers]

I am now