What does depression feel like?

Hell

Not fun. The two contradict each other and are sort of opposites in a way. Depression makes me lose all my motivation and I simply feel low and useless and lethargic and pointless. There's guilt and feelings of hopelessness too. When you have anxiety and depression together, its like you have two voices in your head, the depression saying: "Hey, don't go to school today. There's no point. It's pointless. You're worthless." ; and the anxiety saying: "But this is the third day. You've probably missed so much and you're probably failing everything and will flunk out of high school." They work together and make beat you down. If you have either depression or anxiety, it's a good idea to get help.

I always worry about everything. I am often paranoid for no reason. Sometimes it can be a look or a simple statement and in my mind it becomes something else.

Anxiety is when you care too much about everything and it all builds up inside you until it's all you can think about. You can feel it in your chest and throat. It's like drowning but watching everyone around you breathing.

Depression, It's like drowning, and you don't even need water to feel it. And the worst part, Everyone around you is breathing and telling you to learn how to swim.

It can be very overwhelming and lonely, as there can be a lot of negative thoughts on your mind for a lot of the time. However it can be overcome, and the good days feel triumphant

For me depression and anxiety is like having a wall in front of your face. Depression is more like indifference to the world. And anxiety is a loss of control. It's like an inability to process everything. The world keeps spinning and you cant keep up. You're in a dream that you can't wake up from. Your body is asleep and your eyes and mind are awake.

Not fun! For the most part, when you suffer from anxiety and depression, you can't quite understand it. So you spend a lot of time in distress, trying to figure out why you feel the way you feel but still having no answer, which makes you even more depressed and anxious. For me, the usuals are: everything in my life is working out right now, why do I feel so down in the dumps all the time? I have known these people for many years, why is it that spending time with them makes me shake so much I can't talk? It's all so complicated, and frankly, difficult to explain. But with the right tools, you can learn to lessen their effects on your life, and you can learn to manage them, and even be happy!

Depression is like your drowning but you can see everyone around you breathing. Anxiety is worrying about EVERYTHING ALL THE TIME.

Having depression and anxiety can be very challenging. Its like having two switches in the back of your head that go off whenever they feel like it. It isn't something you can 100% control, but you can try. Anxiety and depression are two totally different things, so to have both makes like harder. Depression can make you sad, and lonely. Then there's anxiety that makes you anxious about everything. They both can be different for everyone, but that's what its like for me.