How do I know if I'm sad or depressed?

Being sad is the general feeling of just being blue. A lot of people feel that way sometimes. However, if it gets to a point where you constantly feel sad, if you are feeling suicidal, if you have an urge to self harm, or if you feel hopeless, that is known as depression. If you feel depressed, please seek professional help. Stay strong! c:

When you are sad or depressed you tend to act different. Since all people are different, you might not k ow as soon as it started. Sometimes you might find yourself more distant from others. Or maybe you don't wanna leave a certain place.

When sadness persists for more than two weeks and affects your life in some aspects you're probably depressed. When you're depressed it's harder for the ones around you to notice that you're not okay, because when you're depressed you tend to pretend that everything's okay with you and your life.

Great question. Well, if you're depressed it usually lasts longer than 4 weeks and is persistent. Depression can be felt at all times, but sadness isn't felt as extreme. Sadness is natural, and it's okay to be sad. But I recommend never going through sadness or depression alone!

You'll know that you're sad or depressed when people around you make jokes and everyone is laughing but you, you start losing appetite, you find it hard to concentrate on your work and/or even when worse come to worst, the possibility to hurt yourself somehow crosses your mind.

Sadness is a momentary feeling, considered healthy and important for doctors. Help in the preparation of losses, or occasional pain. People affected by the occurrence of losses, employment or loved ones are going through a phase of suffering and distress, which may last for a certain period of time. Now, if the sadness does not pass, and begin to arise feelings of apathy, indifference, hopelessness, lack of prospects or enjoyment of life, know that this is a clear symptom of depression. Symptoms can appear or disappear in a subtle and almost imperceptible, but it is important to know that they can come back. Depression is a serious illness and so should be treated.

It's that feeling in my gut when I wake up or am in the middle of the day. It's this feeling that something is off. I know I don't WANT to feel this way, but I do. I would give anything to stop it. One day... I don't know how... But it mostly went away... I think it was when I really started to let go. It comes back from time to time. I know it'll always be here with me... But I can live. I know I can survive.

Sad is temporary. You get sad for maybe a week. Depression is the loss of motivation. Emptiness. Constant sadness. Feeling like nothing matters. Feeling alone, like no one cares. Depression is long term.

When your sad, you know the reason why you are sad and sadness is just temporary. The feeling will go away, also, when your sad you cant hide it. When youre depress you hide it in smiles and laughters but youre just empty inside. When youre depress you never really know the reason why...you may had from the start but in a long run, you get lost in it and the feeling never really goes away. There are good days and bad days in depression.

Your sad when something gets you down and you cry and feel down a little while about it but you pick yourself up and move on afterwards. Depression is when you feel down for a long period of time and find it hard to pick yourself up and move on.