How can I stop letting my depression make me feel like a burden to others?

Find an activity that interests you and get active, it'll be hard, so you can try starting with something you feel comfortable in. By trying something new you'll recognise that you can enrich yourself for yourself without having to judge yourself by how much you matter to others. You'll feel pride in yourself.

Know that you are not a burden you are a strong person fighting a hard battle, loved ones do not understand this sometimes but you must be compassionate to them even though they do not understand and know that they still care for you

Stop thinking about what others think, and begin to focus on your own health. If people get tired or annoyed with you because you're struggling, they aren't people you would necessarily want in your life. You would need to reconsider what kind of people you surround yourself with. Positive people have a positive impact on you.

Get over with the negative thoughts. Stand by your own and prove to them that you can do what they can. Stay positive!

I think this is a hard one, from my own experience I always feel/felt that I was a burden to everyone, I think the best way around this is to talk to the people in question and tell them how you feel and trust in their answers to you. I often tell my trusted friends when I am "having a moment" and they ensure to keep me focused and remind me im not a burden and they are there to help.

Picture the situation in the reverse: If one of your good friends was depressed, would they feel like a burden to you? Of course not. Other people care about you, and you aren't being a burden. Depression distorts your own perceptions of yourself, and you are not worthy of blame.

By keeping myself busy, helping others instead of focusing with my own problems and my own self... Life is too short to just worry about just myself alone. There's a bigger world out there that would be needing my existence too.

Unfortunately a symptom of depression is feeling guilty about having depression. The only thing you can do is get help for your depression which will in itself help with how you feel about your condition. Counselling may help, talking through how you feel. Also mindfulness can help with your thought process. The short meditation techniques can help ground you and stop you obsessing about things. Mental illness is like a physical illness and will need support so you shouldn't feel guilty. All you can do is make sure you are doing everything you can do to get all the help that is available to you. There is nothing more you can do.

This can be a difficult feeling to go through. Often those who aren't dealing with depression don't know how we are feeling or how to help. Perhaps seeking help through counseling or therapy can help you cope with your feelings. You could maybe even try to incorporate those closest to you to help them give you a better understanding.

Truth be told, it's hard, depression is not easy to rationalise with. You have to remember, though the people who you think you are burdening, the ones who are sticking around are the ones that are going to be there to help you.