What does depression feel like?

It sucks. Especially at first. And the middle part. You have good days and bad days. I learned what my triggers were for anxiety and depression and try to work around them. Its not necessarily being completely broken and anxious 24/7, it is more like just going through the motions day by day.

Having both of these problems together is very difficult. Depression causes mild anxiety alone, and having GAD or social anxiety disorder on top of the depression seems to only make things worse for the person who is suffering. Depression causes feelings of nothing, loneliness, anxiety, and sadness at times. Anxiety causes depressive episodes to be escalated due to the nervousness of being depressed in the first place.

Depression is a type of sadness you anger you get sometimes randomly. And anxiety is like being worried about something a lot

It's a big struggle, but it can be managable. In my experience, it feels like you're afraid of being a failure, and you're scared of wasting your life away, but you have no motivation to make changes, or live life to the full. But, with the right support you can get through it:)

One way to put it is like this. Depression can make it so that you can't care enough about anything, while anxiety will make you care too much about everything. Having both together is unbearable. Depression has many different faces, as does anxiety, but from my personal experience, there are two big ones in depression. One side of it is when you can't feel happy, and nothing helps you feel anything positive or good. You're not just sad, you're incapable of seeing things or feeling things in a good way. It's why when people say cheer up, or that "you just need to decide to be happy", that it can drive me nuts. The other side to this is when you can't feel anything at all. Positive or negative, the feelings and emotions are muted if you can even feel them. It can be difficult to get past either one, but once you find something or someone that makes you feel good about yourself, it can be what you need.

It is like having an herd of elephants running over your chest and also over any thought of yours which has the slightest positive background. And when the elephants are out of sight they just leave emptiness

It is both a heavy and empty feeling. Imagine a black and white, silent movie, in which you are its spectator, all while living inside it all.

For Depression... It's the feeling of not wanting to wake up and take on the day everyday. It's the feeling of hopelessness and sadness. It's the feeling of everything closing in around you as you struggle to fight your mind daily. It's the feeling of loneliness even if you have many friends. For Anxiety, it's the feeling that you're in danger, it's like you are losing control of your life and you have constant racing thoughts along with physical pain. Anxiety can turn minutes into hours... It feels like there's no way out...

It is like having the worst of both worlds. When fear and hopelessness collide, the outcome is never pretty. For those of us who struggle with both, it is a constant battle.

It is debilitating. You continually think negatively, you lose hope, and you see no way out or no way to get better from your condition. It is a tragic disease to have. I have went through both of them, but eventually made the decision that I did not want to feel this way anymore. Depression and Anxiety make it hard for you to come to that realization, but if you do just get fed up with poor feelings you too can overcome it. Remember that they are only temporary, if you tackle them. Some people; however, have diseases that predispose them to these conditions, and should seek medical help. The majority of people with these conditions can be helped with CBT, which is what I used to help myself overcome the grips of Anxiety and Depression.

Hell

Not fun. The two contradict each other and are sort of opposites in a way. Depression makes me lose all my motivation and I simply feel low and useless and lethargic and pointless. There's guilt and feelings of hopelessness too. When you have anxiety and depression together, its like you have two voices in your head, the depression saying: "Hey, don't go to school today. There's no point. It's pointless. You're worthless." ; and the anxiety saying: "But this is the third day. You've probably missed so much and you're probably failing everything and will flunk out of high school." They work together and make beat you down. If you have either depression or anxiety, it's a good idea to get help.

I always worry about everything. I am often paranoid for no reason. Sometimes it can be a look or a simple statement and in my mind it becomes something else.

Anxiety is when you care too much about everything and it all builds up inside you until it's all you can think about. You can feel it in your chest and throat. It's like drowning but watching everyone around you breathing.

Depression, It's like drowning, and you don't even need water to feel it. And the worst part, Everyone around you is breathing and telling you to learn how to swim.

It can be very overwhelming and lonely, as there can be a lot of negative thoughts on your mind for a lot of the time. However it can be overcome, and the good days feel triumphant

For me depression and anxiety is like having a wall in front of your face. Depression is more like indifference to the world. And anxiety is a loss of control. It's like an inability to process everything. The world keeps spinning and you cant keep up. You're in a dream that you can't wake up from. Your body is asleep and your eyes and mind are awake.

Not fun! For the most part, when you suffer from anxiety and depression, you can't quite understand it. So you spend a lot of time in distress, trying to figure out why you feel the way you feel but still having no answer, which makes you even more depressed and anxious. For me, the usuals are: everything in my life is working out right now, why do I feel so down in the dumps all the time? I have known these people for many years, why is it that spending time with them makes me shake so much I can't talk? It's all so complicated, and frankly, difficult to explain. But with the right tools, you can learn to lessen their effects on your life, and you can learn to manage them, and even be happy!

Depression is like your drowning but you can see everyone around you breathing. Anxiety is worrying about EVERYTHING ALL THE TIME.

Having depression and anxiety can be very challenging. Its like having two switches in the back of your head that go off whenever they feel like it. It isn't something you can 100% control, but you can try. Anxiety and depression are two totally different things, so to have both makes like harder. Depression can make you sad, and lonely. Then there's anxiety that makes you anxious about everything. They both can be different for everyone, but that's what its like for me.

Having depression and anxiety can be a struggle, depression means it's hard to care about things, but anxiety means you care about everything.

Having a combination of depression and anxiety is one of the worst feelings ever. Sometimes it's a drag just to get myself out of bed, to socialize, or attend classes. But it does get better, there are up days and there are down days.

It's feeling everything and nothing, it's feeling like you don't want to talk to people but being to scared not to

Some days are better than others, but just have to cope positively and try your best to go about your day

Having depression and anxiety it's a very serious situation and should not be taken as "just a season". If you feel like you could have depression and anxiety you should look for professional help.

Well I have both and it's really hard, for me personally depression feels like I'm drowning but I see everyone else around me happy and breathing just fine, and anxiety... the panic attacks are the worst part for me. Basically it's really awful but I always pull through and that's how I know everything will be okay (:

Personally i feel it's like you've stopped in time and don't know how to start it back so you worry.

Depression is living in a body that fights to survive with a mind that tries to die. And anxiety which is worst that can ruined everything in your life, ruined opportunities you can have and leads you being depressed. And people with anxiety probably suffering with depression too. Totally it actually feels like drowning.

Depression and anxiety make you feel like you are alone and like no one cares about you. But there are always people who will listen

What's it like? It's like being trapped in a dark room with no windows or doors, the walls are slowly caving in. Or its like your life is being swept out from under your feet.