Am I really depressed?

@Castiel78 hi, I get this too. It sucks because I already feel terrible and then a feel guilty and feel worse. I think it is because so many people have way worse lives and also all the rumours that depression is for attention started to make me believe it.

@Castiel78 Hello, Castiel! I understand your feelings in this case. Oftentimes it can be difficult to put our emotions into words or categories. When we don't quite understand what we are feeling we can end up questioning it at all, wondering if we are simply making up our feelings. Really, there is a reason that the saying that a person's worst enemy is themself. It can be difficult to put things in perspective when we really have nothing to compare it to. It's okay to feel confused, questioning, uncertain, or angry. It's okay to feel fustrated with ourselves for not being able to understand our own emotions. Sometimes the only thing that we can do is try to find a way to put things into perspecive, like talking to a friend or a therapist, as scary or upsetting that may seem. It's okay not to understand yourself; we are all complex, confusing, deep, strange human beings, each with a mind of their own.