What impact does/did depression have on your life?

To me, depression is an obstacle to overcome in regards to getting out of bed every day. It's having trouble planning your day and actually carrying it out. It hurts my relationships with people in my life.

I pretty much shut down when I got depressed. For a while it was mild but at one point it was very severe. I could not feel any emotions, nothing made me happy or sounded fun, even things I used to enjoy seemed like chores. I hated interacting with others and yet I hated being alone. It was very frustrating to go through, and so much of it is hard to explain in words.

Depression has really changed me, from my perspective. I used to be able to talk to people, and now it's like I'm drowning. I've slowly gotten better, and am still. It's made it harder to get up in the morning, and go to bed at night. I avoid people like the plague because I don't want to deal with them, because become irritated easily. But, all in all, I haven't given up. No one should. One day, I will overcome this, and others will too. It takes time, and a lot of "metaphorical" band-aids.

While I'm depressed, it's absolutely terrible. I can't do work, have fun, or even move sometimes. But, on the other hand, it's also made me value the time when I'm not depressed even more. Having seen and been through "the dark side", so to speak, it means even more to me when I come back into the light.

Depression keeps me from trying new things, meeting up with friends and family (they stopped inviting me a long time ago), and makes me feel like I'm all alone in this and that I'll be this way the rest of my life. The more I keep to myself the worse it gets. It's like a vicious, never-ending cycle that I'm constantly struggling with.

Depression made life really limited and dark. It makes you lose your friends and feel distanced from your family members and everyone who loves you. However, it makes you grow into a better and stronger person and most importantly kind and sweet!

Depression taught and teaches me kindness. All the time. I try to be gentle with those around me so long as they don't tread on my personal boundaries. While joyful 98% of the time, I know the 2% darkness that could push me to the edge of ending my life. And so when I see anyone living any less than that 99.9% joy, I am aware. Perhaps that helps and perhaps it doesn't. I live aware, and work from that platform.

It had make me suicidal and self harming then i got on here and people had helped me tremedisly and now i am a listner