How would you describe depression?

Depression is something you can never escape. I've had much experience with this, it feels like your walking under an umbrella except everyone else is dry and pouring rain is falling on you. You never feel comfortable, you're never yourself & you sometimes making god awful decisions that you never would have even considered when you were stable. If you feel depressed, get help because depression is something you never want to fall into.

Depression is a time where you want to be happy, but you just can't be happy. Simply not because you don't want to, but you just can't. No matter how hard you try to concentrate, your brain shuts down, you become numb. Nothing matters anymore. You become a part of a never ending storm. Always in pain, never expecting anything will turn out for you. It's just this dark place that nobody should ever have to be in.

Its a state of mind where you feel like you are going through hell. And its also a state where you don't get any new incentives, ideas, positive thoughts etc. Its a partial stop for everything. Maybe for me it was Half-Dead experience.

The dull numb feeling that penetrates your entire being, leaving you unable to do what you love and love what you do. It turns you into a person you don't want to be with thoughts that aren't yours.

Depression is the feeling of loneliness, sadness, hopelessness and despair. You have the impression that you are worthless and that life is only a burden. You are in a constant circle of darkness and nothing can cheer you up. Depression can happen to anyone at anytime. You can be the happiest human on earth but still depression can take over, sometimes for apparently no reason. As you suffer from the mental pain of this hopelessness, you are at risk of having suicidal thoughts. If you are, you must seek professional help immediately.

Depression is a realization and being aware of our feelings, yet sometimes we don't understand the state we're in because we are used to feeling good. It's a challenge phase, but much lessons will be taught to the being going through it, so they can be stronger.

Depression is when you feel completely lost, even around people that usually make you happy. Depression can be hard to deal with, but it feels amazing if you can conquer the sadness.

Well to be depressed feels like everything around you is against you. No one wants you to be happy. And you feel bad without any reason or it is difficult to pinpoint the exact reason behind your depression

It is like being in a hole of despair. You want out but you are feeling too weak. You find it hard to even get up in the morning and you find it almost impossible to fall asleep at night. You feel like drowning, only there are no life jackets. Everything that you used to love becomes uninteresting. You feel as if everything you used to admire starts to slowly fade away. And when you gather last strenght to reach it, it just disappears - it slips away and vanishes into thin air. It's an unbearable feeling.

Depression makes you feel very low. You have low motivation, and usually anxiety also. Depression can keep you from enjoying your life, and it can effect anyone.