How would you describe depression?

I would describe it as being continuously being in the dark. The dark is cold and scary and it makes things hard to see. Like sometimes you can't find help or find a reason to keep going.

Depression feels like the death eaters from Harry Potter has come and sucked everything good, everything that matters, away from you.

Depression is the feeling of worthlessness. It swallows you whole and makes you feel numb and unworthy. It takes away lifestyles and substitutes them with the longing of all of the pain to go away. Depression is a state of being that during the moment seems like it will be forever. But depression is not your destiny. Describing depression is like telling people your daily struggles between life and death and that takes strength. Depression is not romantic; depression is the feeling like there are walls between you and the rest of the world and you can't seem to figure out how to tear them down.

Depression is like a bruise that never goes away. A bruise in your mind. You just got to be careful not to touch it where it hurts. It’s always there, though.

Depression is a bad feeling that has its ups and downs, and it is when we keep falling and falling and we feel that there is no end to it. It is also like a light which is dimming slowly and in that darkness we have negative self talk, suffering and a lot of pain and many other things, this how I would describe it since I have experienced it

I would describe depression as a dark cloud that follows you around for years that sometimes becomes a rain cloud that reaks havoc and sometimes the cloud is not as dense

Depression has physical and emotional factors which interact together. For me, this was feeling exhausted and extremely low as well as agitated and aggressive. Everybody experiences it differently

Depression is the state of being sad/upset for long periods of time, causing laziness, lack of motivation, and often negative thoughts about one self due to the sad/upset part of depression.

Depressing feelings and losing interest in things you once liked. Lsck of confidence, unable to communicate how you feel and what you are going through. Inner conflict of sharing and connecting vs withdrawal

Depression is like a dark cloud. Some days, it may be a small, fluffy cloud. On others, it could be a gigantic beast of a cloud that covers the entire sky that is your mind. It’s like having a constant ‘Sunday feeling’ : an entire new week is looming large, the weekend seems ages away and you don’t have any thing to look forward to. It can take over you life, you are in a perpetual state of loneliness, guilt and hatred towards the person you are. You never have anything to look forward to anymore, life seems worthless. But hang in there, one day it will get easier.