What impact does/did depression have on your life?

It's still having an impact on my life. Some days of course, it's harder than other days. I had to put school on a hold. Have trouble containing relationships. Everyone is telling me how things get better. But as others may know. When you're depressed, you don't believe that. You think "for some people maybe, but not for me". Some days are, indeed, better then others. But, it's tiring, cause you never know when the bad day is comming and in my case, I'm just waiting for it. Anyway. It's still having an impact and I think it'll keep having an impact.

Depression has had a drastic impact on my life. But, being on here makes it much more easier to cope with the depression because I'm helping other people that are in the same shoes as I am.

The impact was destructive. Living with depression is not easy itself. I also used to be suicidal and spent some time in the psychiatric hospital. But we all have to hold on and dont give up.

Depression was my weakness. It consumed me and left me vulnerable. But I have overcome it by faith and willpower. Remember, anything is possible.

Depression has made a huge impact on my life , sometimes it's really hard to live and sometimes it's essy ,it makes me sad but sometimes I'm okay, it makes me not want to do things I used to want to do .

I got anorexia, lost many of my hairs, got aggressive. Wasn't so nice. I hated myself and all tries to made this better didn't help.

It made me feel like i worth nothing,considerable decreased my mood influencing my relationship with others.

It was pretty big, i would cry to sleep every night. self-harm. my grades dropped tremendously. but now that im better i know it made me a better person.

Depression has ruled much of my life. I withdrew from everything, stopped talking to my friends and family, and became self-destructive. I was too stubborn, too tired, and too depressed to let therapy work for me. It was like everything that made me up was drained and replaced with cement. I struggled with self-harm and was in and out of hospitals due to attempts made on my life. Fortunately, I survived each attempt and am here to share my story. I still struggle with depression and all of the other things that come with it, but I've gotten to the point where I try to accept help and support, so it's a little easier. And it gets a little easier every day.

Depressions is a huge impact on my life. My life felt like it was run by it. Like that black dog constantly by your side. I'm still going through it, but helping others is keeping me going. I hope that I will be able to manage it much better and I know reaching out to people can be of great benefit and that I am not alone :)

A very restrictive one, my depression never got to the point where it was dangerous for me but it definitely stopped me from doing what I wanted. I would never go out, I would never treat myself, I would never think I was good enough for a relationship, it stopped me being the person I wanted to be for many years.

I have a close friend with depression. Actually I have more than one. All of them mean so much to me and they are all such special people who don't let their depression define them, its just apart of them.

I lost a lot of interest in things i used to enjoy. I became negative all the time and sometimes i didn't want to wake up. I even stopped liking my best friend.

Depression is impacting my life negatively. It took away my social life and making everything seem a lot harder than it actually is. I have no energy to do anything and it's made me very suicidal. I'm trying to change it though, by talking with my therapist and I'm going to try to get a new medication (because the one I'm taking now, doesn't help at all).

At first it made my life harder, it took away my motivation for pretty much everything. Saying it was difficult would be the understatement of the century- however, I learned to control it rather than letting it control me. Now I'm learning to change the thoughts that used to put me through depression into thoughts that will help motivate me and push me towards a better tomorrow. When I think depressing things, I step outside of my thoughts and examine them with the 5 W's (who/what/where etc...) and it helps.

It had a positive impact in the end, it made me wise up and stop pretending everything is all okay. I realized that i was faking my feelings to impress the world, i found out that i didn't have to do that. I grew up more in the course of that depression year than i had during 4 years of high school.

I suffered from depression for over a year during school. It influenced my grades (I could do much better), my hobbies (I felt like doing nothing, so I just wasted my time) and my relationship with people I care(d) about - I had a difficult time with my family and I hurt and pushed away many people who cared about me.

Depression was very hard on my life, I stopped caring about people and things, I kind of shut down. I felt like I was worthless and pathetic, and that I'd never go anywhere in life, I was so glad when I finally starting overcoming depression.