How would you characterize your depression?

At the worst point of it i was just numb all the time. I slept really bad, I didn't want to eat anything, I cried all the time. Maybe the worst part was that even the crying couldn't make me feel.

Depression for me was a dark, swirly deep pit. Into which i fell and upon falling, had the hardest time ever getting back up. It would take over every inch of me, envelop me until all that was left was me and my negative thoughts alone. I was scared, and felt lonely, and would sit by myself and think of ways and means to completely end it. I was too much of a coward to go through with it though. It felt like a force was pulling me over to the dark side of the moon.

I woud say My depression is like a hurricane. It on the outside may seem scary, But once you get to know me, you can see that it is calming down near the center of it.

I would characterize my depression as a feeling of numbness and indifference. I have a complete lack of emotion and drive when it comes to my everyday routine.

My depression is situational, and being spiritual, I do not tolerate anything that messes with my vibration or my feeling of ease and ne with the higherself, so I put deliberate effort to check in and rectify with ease again, not force it.

My depression feels like a dull ache inside my body that makes it difficult for me to get out of bed. Any interaction is painful and any emotion feels either too intense or too numbing to deal with. Operating like a functional human being is a challenge and being questioned makes it feel worse. Its like the ocean sucks me in and im struggling to swim back onto the shore but I cant get anywhere.

Depression is a diverse mental disorder and will seem different for everyone. To seek specific help, you can go see a therapist who can become specialized to your needs.

The characteristics of depression are sadness for a long time, lost interests in things you used to love,feeling isolated when others encourage you to join their groups you shift away.

If my depression were to have a form, it would be of a shadow. Its dark, and it lurks up behind you. It hides opposite to where the light is shining from, and sometimes it can get bigger than the object itself. Which is me when depression takes over. But just like how you can isolate and manipulate shadows by playing with the direction of the light, the shadow can minimize or even vanish. Also, you can never really get rid of a shadow. You need to walk with it. You can't walk forward by looking back at your shadow constantly. Just like how you can't ignore depression when it's there. You need to be able to tame it.

It is as this giant cloud that doesn't let me get out of bed even if I want to. It's crying out of nowhere at night when no one is listening. It's staying late taking long showers thinking what's wrong with me. It's not feeling anything but at the same time feeling terrible about everything, if that even makes sense. If also feeling worthless, even though I've got it all achieved. It's minimising the good in things and maximising the bad even if it's the littlest and most insignificant think. Depression sucks really. That's why getting help it's so important. I wouldn't be here if it were for how supportive some people have been for me. And well, that is maybe how I can describe it.