Am I depressed or just sensitive?

Depends on the situation. If you elaborate alittle more then we might be able to figure out your mental state.

I cannot tell you if you're depressed or just sensitive as I cannot diagnose you. But if you have even an inch of concern, a professional is the only one who can give you the answer you want.

Your feelings are completely valid, no matter what. Depression is where you have prolonged feelings of sadness, sensitivity is a little bit different. It's worth taking our emotional well-being test to discover more about what you are experiencing.

I wonder whether this is in fact an either or moment or whether this is infact something that could be and / or. Maybe because how we feel is indeed unique and how we feel is indeed just that.

If you struggle from depression, you would feel unhappy in everything you do, and lack the motivation to go out and do anything. Basically having depression often times than not disrupt your daily functioning. On the other hand, being sensitive wouldn't.

Depressed people are at worst usually devoid of feeling, while sensitive people usually have heightened emotions.

There are a lot of people in the world that will say that people who are depressed are just being overly sensitive. A large difference is that emotional sensitivity has lots of ups and downs where as depression has prescient emotion of sadness of emptiness. If you feel like it is depression I would suggest you contact one of our therapists or a local doctor to get an official diagnosis and/or treatment that could help with those feelings.

Sensitive souls can be more prone to depression so it maybe that you are experiencing a bit of both. If you are upset over a recent event in your life, maybe someone has treated you badly then you could argue that you might be a little sensitive. However, if you're experiencing long bouts of feeling upset, maybe crying a lot and feeling endlessly low then perhaps you are experiencing a degree of depression. Seeing a medical professional is an excellent way to help you diagnose your current situation.

Sensitivity is a great characteristic when you can control the emotion. I think depression comes into play when you can't decide when you're being overly sensitive, when you're unable to rationalise your emotions. It's when you can't handle your own reactions that this sensitivity becomes a negative.

Being sensitive is when you respond to certain things that you may feel have hurt you. Being depressed is when you respond negatively to everything and all you can feel is the negativity. Sensitivity is when you have a few moments of happiness.