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What does depression feel like?

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What does depression feel like?
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drysalvages
July 9th, 2015 1:16am
Depression and anxiety are like these terrible awkward cousins that keep showing up at your place uninvited and over-staying their welcome. Depression always comes over and takes up all the space on your couch and complains about EVERYTHING. This sucks. Life sucks. YOU suck. But Depression goes on and on for so long that it becomes hard to disagree! Meanwhile, Anxiety's running around the kitchen screaming aobut the house being on fire. You KNOW the house isn't on fire, but Anxiety is just keeps shouting and dropping pots and pans and things to get your attention and it puts your teeth on edge. It's so hard to think, sometimes it's even hard to breathe. Sometimes you forget what it's like to live without these two.
Anonymous
July 9th, 2015 1:32pm
Its like someone is always putting you down you never feel good enough and you get so far deep into the hole of depression
butterflykisses27
July 10th, 2015 7:20pm
When I am depressed I feel totally along. At the lowest energy level the lowest emotional level like I am in a dark hole in the ground with no way to get out. When I am feeling anxious I get very tense sometimes I will cry uncontrollably other times I get very angry with myself and or the person or thing that has made me feel this way. I get fearful, feel dizzy and light headed and feel unable to cope.
Anonymous
July 10th, 2015 10:03pm
It`s like being trapped in a dark cage willed with negativity, unable to figure out how to get out of it.
Anonymous
July 11th, 2015 12:00pm
It can cause problems and issues not only for you but also for the people around. You might not enjoy your life fully with the depression.
Lilly495
July 12th, 2015 3:51pm
It feels like nothing you do or say in important. You become convinced that you are useless and that if you were gone no one would care. These feelings can become overwhelming and begin to affect other areas of your life like your eating habits, sleeping patterns, and your desire to go out or see people. Everything seems far away and you can begin to feel unimportant as you watch yourself slowly loose interest in everything.
PassionateMiracle
July 16th, 2015 1:58am
Depression is like being trapped in a cycle of sadness for a long period of time. Anxiety is like walking up the stairs but missing a step, and getting that feeling like you're about to die. But that feeling happens continuously.
Anonymous
July 16th, 2015 3:58pm
It can be a challenge, but it's different for everyone. Depression can be something that pulls you down, while anxiety get you all flustered and riled up. Like with anything you will have good and bad days but you can make it through the bad days and soak up the good ones.
Anonymous
July 22nd, 2015 11:52pm
Depression is like constantly feeling an intense and long-term sadness with a lack of energy.Anxiety is having your heart racing faster that a NASCAR driver with breathing that feels like a elephant is sitting on you chest.
Anonymous
July 23rd, 2015 3:21pm
Depression is like wanting to break down and cry all of the time but you can't because it feels like you have no emotions on the outside. Anxiety feels like there's always a big monster chasing you and you have to get away.
Oktotalk
July 25th, 2015 4:48am
Well to have both at the same time it's basically being to tired to get out of bed in the morning and then panicking because you feel like your going to fail and so it's being to tired and then panicking
StephSnake1582
July 25th, 2015 8:16pm
Depression is different for everyone. For me it was never finding satisfaction in things I used to love and feeling worthless if I didn't do something productive and always being tired! Anxiety is like having too much on your mind. Worrying over every small thing like if you're walking weird or talking funny or if you said something stupid. You usually develop these thoughts in certain situations and develop certain things to try and calm yourself like rubbing your thighs or tapping your foot
UnderTheSea7
July 29th, 2015 5:57am
Depression - It's lot more to do with feeling hollow or empty and much less with sadness. Feeling no motivation or purpose to live, being pleased with the idea of death, loss of will to do anything even things previously enjoyed. Anxiety - constant consciousness and thoughts of fear. Being unable to interact or indulge in activities due to fears and preoccupation of mind. Constant thoughts about worse possible outcome. Very low confidence and loss of faith in self.
0nem0reday
July 30th, 2015 12:56pm
Depression and anxiety are two different feelings and yet so close to each other. One can lead to the other. Depression is waking up, and realising that the all world seem to go by with or without you. Feeling that your life could go on pause and it wouldn't change a thing. Is forgetting that you have friends, or worse, think that everyone just hates you. And since the world keeps turning and running, why should I wake up? Why should I go out, since there is no need for me out there. Depression is feeling invisible. Anxiety is feeling that you are unworthy of your own life.
seabreeze98
August 1st, 2015 11:09pm
It honestly sucks because you feel like there is no escape and everything will get worse.It makes you feel isolated and weak. However, it can easily be helped by thinking positively and that everything will be ok in the end, and we can learn to cope with it! Positivity is the trick, but it is quite hard as i suffer from anxiety and i get quite depressed from it. and i find it totally sucks, but i am learning to deal with it and I'm gradually feeling better :). I hope this helps/answers your question.
ahistoryimake
August 5th, 2015 8:39pm
I hope its alright to post links ..... but THIS sum's up my answer. http://imgur.com/gallery/G4aXz What you need to know is with Anxiety and Depression, you are NOT alone in your feelings and you should never be afraid of what you are feeling or thinking.
ListenLady
August 6th, 2015 11:15am
Anxiety is like a living hell where life is out to get you. Even the simplest things can make you panic. But with the bad comes the good, you can be feeling awful and accomplish the smallest thing which makes you remember anxiety is only temporary. Anxiety and depression sufferers are among the strongest people in the world because we have lived through hell and survived!
Anonymous
August 8th, 2015 10:25am
It is the worst experience of your life. Constantly looking over your shoulder waiting for something that will never happen to happen. Being sad all the time and nothing makes you happy any more. Trying to act like everything is okay when you know for a fact it's not. Being afraid to make mistakes
Anonymous
August 12th, 2015 8:42am
Having depression is like having a constant cloud of apathy loom over your day-to-day life whereas anxiety is the feeling of seeing the cloud and worrying about when it'll all come pouring down.
Girlsjustwannahavefun
August 13th, 2015 8:22am
It's basically like you have been thrown into the deep end and you can't seem to find your way back to the top. It can be suffocating, like it's eating at you. But the thing is, you can get out of the deep end, all it takes is just time and patience. My attitude used to be " I'm never going to be able to get out of this" but now I know that in time all will be okay, I will get there in my own time.
0LovelyHaven0
August 15th, 2015 9:04am
Depression is a feeling that is always heavy in your chest and you're feeling quite down always. You don't always feel as optimistic that you can be. It is indeed a crappy feeling that feels like it's always tugging at you to sometimes remind you that you are down. Anxiety is being aware of almost everything at once to make you feel in such a uncomfortable place like depression. Your heart is constantly beating fast from pressure of all sorts.
TheDreamerAria
August 31st, 2015 10:25am
Depression is like you are drowning with lots of other people with you but they are breathing, you are the only one who cant breathe and you cant get back up to land for a long time after you hit rock bottom, or screaming in a room crowded with people but no one can hear you. Anxiety is like having people get closer and closer to you making you feel extremely uncomfortable, their eyes staring at you and only you, this happens for so long that you cant do anything but feel anxious and self conscious.
helpfulSkies2120
October 6th, 2015 11:04am
having depression feels like having everything that kept you moving forward drained from you. having anxiety can be like a constant overwhelming conversation your having with yourself but never noticed or a wave of emotions confusing the space of time you are in resulting symptoms
octovers
October 20th, 2015 5:23pm
Having both depressing and anxiety is like having to run a huge race that everybody was looking forward too, and everybody was really rooting for you so you felt as if you had to do your best, but you have this really bad stomach bug that makes you want to throw up, so you want to not run because you know it's what's best for you, but you're so afraid to stay home and recover because everybody was cheering for you, so it makes you feel even more nauseous. It's like a never ending cycle, it's suffocating and when the anxiety gets bad, I become more upset and when I'm more upset, I can't build up the motivation to go out and do what I'm supposed to, but when I don't do it I become more anxious and it goes on and on and on. Usually nobody cares that I don't go out and do things, and they're really empathetic because they know I'm going through a hard time, but it's difficult to get that through my head.
compassionateRaspberries7892
October 21st, 2015 1:51pm
no one can understand they can see a pattern but iis like having alcohol but you dont know what your aware off
Silentdiary333
November 2nd, 2015 5:12pm
it feels as though you're drowning, and everybody else is doing fine. And it makes you feel guilty that you're feeling this way, and you eventually just give up and you let the void succumb you.
TenderRiver
November 5th, 2015 6:57am
Having both is really miserable. Because of depression, you don't even want to wake up in the morning to go to work or school, but because of anxiety, you feel worried about things will happen if you miss work or school. Then you force yourself to go. At your workplace/school, you don't have enough energy to do anything and just want to go home. However, when you go home, you feel anxious and down because you didn't finish things at work/school.
believeYourself
November 8th, 2015 3:02pm
its like you dont want anyone around you but at same time you want someone who loved you most around you because you want to cry at their sholder.
LakesideGuy
November 9th, 2015 3:21pm
Everyone has feelings of depression or anxiety now and then. Chronic depression or anxiety, however, lasts for weeks, months, years, or a lifetime. Some days are better or worse than others. Generally speaking, having chronic depression and anxiety together can mean low self-esteem, feeling hopeless, fear of certain events or activities, avoiding situations that cause anxiety, avoiding people, and self-medicating (drugs or alcohol). With proper therapy and/or medication, symptoms can be greatly reduced, and quality of life can be improved.
JillieJillie
November 16th, 2015 8:18am
It is as though the world hates you and you cannot find a way to make things better, no matter how hard you try to make things right. It's as though you are rollerblading through marbles. There's always one tiny little marble that will ruin the whole journey and you can't help but consider every freakin' marble in your path.