@filippofittipaldi8050

Telling people how lost and forgotten you feel tends to drive them away. I learned to keep these thoughts to myself.

@ADAPTATION7

Depression is my normal way of living.  Happiness is purely accidental.  I don't expect anyone to understand me, but I don't expect someone to judge me either.

@TheCorsettedMuffin

Being diagnosed with Dysthymia, one of the things I find myself struggling with that wasn't mentioned here is feeling like you're not sick enough. Almost feeling like you're a poser asking for help while other people are depressed to the point of being bed bound.
Unless that's just me idk. With multiple conditions I don't know what is coming from what.

@alexvidu4517

It feels like you're on fire and running on a treadmill. You have to keep going, even though you're in pain.

@SonjaElizabethTeal

Everyone thinks I have my stuff together not realizing I'm falling apart...

@Drpermer

Holding your breath all day, to come home at night to gasp for air while crying

@sleepyme2

Its incredibly hurtful and frustrating when it took you YEARS to finally reach out for help only to be told that you "function way too good to be depressed" 
"Oh you manage to wake up and go to work? lol you aint depressed at all, go home"

@ecocentrichomestead6783

What if your depression didn't "start"?
By that, I mean, what if you cannot remember feeling any other way than sad?

@thepenn8466

one of the most painful things is when people ask you why you're upset and you cant even begin to know yourself

@fuhreroi7287

Depression can hit anyone. Be nice, even if they're not nice to you

@mygrandmasfavoriteflower

Me thinks I have a lot of these symptoms

Also me: But do you really? What if you’re reading your emotions wrong?

@foxiefair123

I have struggled with not wanting to leave the house... I have to make myself do everything. It's such an effort. I just started to take some medicine, so hopefully I will be able to start enjoying life again.

@mj-wi2he

“losing yourself in hours of television”

*me sat here staring at the screen caught red handed binging for over 5 hours”

@angelicaterry3367

Struggling with one's self (some fatigue) - 6:12
Irritability (easily annoyed) - 6:59
Coping (maladaptive coping tool) - 7:32
Self-doubt (loosely self-aware) - 8:31
Unable to relax - 9:04

@weltschmertzz

Hello random person who's watching this video. You are not alone

@anomalous34

Too depressed to pay attention to the video. Gonna go workout and prepare for work and act like everything is fine

@In_time

Starts at 5:15

General sense of sadness
Inability to experience joy
Loss of interest in things you loved
Diminished energy 
Self criticism/perfectionism 
Irritability 
Employing use of coping mechanisms 
Self doubt

You’re welcome, HF’er👍🏻
Jk. That’s not funny 🤦🏼‍♀️

@murraydupley9330

it is very hard to explain to anyone how I feel and felt for years. lack of motivation the in-ablily to do the thing i want or have to do. it is like im able talk myself out of doing anything, without words or reason.

@hersupreme3348

Whoever is reading this, know you aren’t alone. Don’t stop keep getting up, don’t stop trying. 

💗

@larodemskanal9434

I have felt empty for so long that i can barely remember how it feels to be happy. I function, I exist, but not much more.