To everyone else struggling like me, please have this from me: *hug*

This video made me feel way better about my depression because I only got 8 out of the 9! Impressive if you ask me

Keep in mind that not all people with depression are suicidal.

I matched 9 out of 9 hope everyone at this stage gets cured up this is a symptom which can't be cured until our mind is willing to do

Number 2 is the worst for me. The fatigue and zombie state is one thing, but to rob me of the joy I feel to get through this life pisses me off so much. I find relief in drawing and making art and being in nature and walking, even watching a movie or video games is so hard. It literally wants me to do nothing while making me feel nothing.

I'm going to show this to a friend who's never been depressed. He used to tell me that if people were more spiritually "evolved" they wouldn't be depressed. Still, I envy people who've never experienced this. I've dealt with it for over 40 years and wouldn't wish it on anyone. My heart goes out to everyone who has battled this, and especially those who could not take it anymore.

How do I disappear without a trace. I just don't wanna hurt my family and friends' feelings

Psilocybin saved my life. I was addicted to heroin for 15 years and after Psilocybin treatment I will be 3 years clean in September. I have zero cravings. This is something that truly needs to be more broadly used in addiction treatment.

Fuck...I instantly said yes to each one of those.

I’ve had all these symptoms for years. I’m 21 and bed ridden. All I think about it death it feels like I’m at the end of my life

I can't tell if what I have is depression or something else, but it's such an endless cycle of those negative feelings/thoughts, and it's exhausting... it's very exhausting that I don't know how to handle it. I'm tired of constantly feeling tired and sad.

I actually don’t know how to feel right now when I know that I’m depressed…

Thanks for reminding me I have severe depression, which also reminded me no therapist in my area will bother to see me. All I have to do is pretend to be normal and alright till everyone in my family stops talking to me and then I am home free.

Depression is a really sad state to be in 😢

The last one... Almost every day i think of it. Lost my job,my marriage in verge of divorce, i lost my only son 1 year ago, i hope i can recovered or at least survive all of this... I hope...

Been feeling half of these for almost 12 years, I’m 21 btw. Sometimes it feels like it will never go away, one thing is being 16 and depression beginning, but another is being 10 and having your childhood stolen from you due to this, not knowing how you feel, why you feel the way you do until you hit middle school at age 13. Now I have more clarity and once again I’m backed against a wall with constant flashbacks to the last few memories I had of happiness and the sudden realizations of the very beginning of this thing. All I can say is that therapy, people, goals will never get me out of this because a decade of depression completely sends you to another dimension, where you have to build you life around it, to the people who will tell me it’s possible to live free, thank your brain for being healthy, you don’t get it and that’s something to be thankful for. You’re right I can breathe, I have all my limbs, toes, fingers, I’m privileged to have a roof, food, live in a privileged country (USA) however that’s the thing with depression it turns off all the lights and sends you into blindness in which you can’t see that. During the past 2 years of clarity that I’ve gotten about my situation, the best I can describe these past 11 years is like sleepwalking while being in a coma, you’re just walking through life without any realization of what’s going around you, you always feel 2 steps behind everything, it’s like life is just walking beside you, a coma is being blind, you can hear what people say, you hear all the scolding they tell you but they can’t hear you, they can’t see or understand what you see, what you feel, you’re alive but you’re forgotten, feel abandoned, isolation. 10 years hurt more than 1 year or 5 because when the 10 mark hits you still feel the pain but at the same time feel numb, it’s harder to comprehend even for yourself, it feels even more hopeless, think of it as a tree, you can’t yank it out, you have to cut through the layers and even that can hurt especially if you have no protection, once all is gone there’s still a stump there and you have to go back and dig into that stump and yank it out and once that’s done you can see the roots and all that once existed, but then what will you do after that stump is gone and it’s just a hollow pit? If you have been feeling depressed for years or months please please seek help, it’s still in its early stages and the branches are still sprouting, and it’s easier to cut a sprouting branch than one that’s already turned into bark. Do it for yourself, save yourself while you still can. ❤

My mom has had depression since i can remember, but it’s practically gone now! I can’t explain with words how happy i am for her ❤️

I didn't know I had depression. At the time I was so stressed and demotivated but I felt like I was acting like a spoilt child who was sleeping all day instead of getting my work done. My university offered free counseling so I signed up and towards the end of our sessions they recommended that I see a psychologist at a practice. The main reason I started counseling was so that I could talk to someone I didn't know without feeling judged and wouldn't worry my parents. But they kept recommending it so I caved and phoned my mom and asked her if it was okay to go to 1 session. She was SO EXCITED and worried at the same time. Literally 10 minutes in the hour long session the psychologist said that she thinks I'm suffering from depression and recommended I got to a psychiatrist to see if it's true or not. 30 minutes into that session the psychiatrist said "you've been to 3 counsellors in the span of 2 months, you need help ASAP" and prescribed me anti-depressant. It's been a really long 2 year struggle but I'm starting to feel better. But those "just get it together" comments still trigger me, especially other people who say "I have depression too but I'm doing alright" those literally CRUSHED me

I have all these 😢

i do have depression but it's a lot better now. i got therapy and i have friends who support me and now i rarely have those feelings anymore. i'm really happy now and laugh all the time. so there IS a way to deal with depression :)

The limb heaviness nailed it for me. That's usually my first symptom.

That put a finger down challenge was kind of depressing

I got 6 but it is really sad that people can relate to these types of videos😢

For months now I have most of these symptoms, but I don't really believe I have it. Even when i'm stressed, tired, etc. everyday. I am also scared of so many things and I cry often. My parents won't help me because they make fun of me all day. I don't know what to do atm.

I experience all of these everyday for the past 2 years. Therapy, exercise, micro dosing, meditation, diet changes, supplements, and yoga have had little to no benefit.

I just had to get my car jump started because I have not left my house in 5 weeks. Friends say I am depressed but I just don’t feel like interacting with anyone ever so I stay home by myself

Can confirm, I am very depressed.

I finally got diagnosed with severe clinical depression in November 2022. Started feeling depressed since June 2020

For me is this background anxiety that makes me not enjoy things to the fullest because my mind is ruminating about why I feel anxiety. And my brain is coming up with negative thoughts. Then all of a sudden anxiety is gone and I feel great. I dont really know how to prevent it.

Back in the day when I did meth, one of the things I loved about it is my limbs would go from feeling so heavy and difficult to move to light and airy. You don't realize how profound that difference is until you've felt it.

I laughed when my psychiatrist asked how long I had been depressed? I answered,"I can't remember a time when I wasn't. "

Mindfulness meditation really helps. Trying the book "30 Days to Reduce Depression" by Harper Daniels is a good start to learning mindfulness.

When you have all of the above ...

I've got all of the nine which seemed like more than that. Many describe deppression as a sharp pain. I describe it as blunt pain like a hammer. And its constant. That hammer keeps hitting and hitting. Even when the hitting is done, the pain still remains for a long, long time and when the pain is gone, a mark is still present. Deppression smis the hardest thing to get out of. Idk how but people managed to cure it. Mine is like cancer. Killing me slowly and incurable.

Im surprised to find out I’m almost depressed because I’m a really happy person and people like me I never really thougt about being depressed till a weak ago

Football/soccer is keeping me alive at this point the amount of joy theres around you

I subscribe, since years back. I think this one ends on a surprising note - never heard anyone talk about suicide and let that be the end of a video, there’s always some advice to seek help. Maybe you could add that, because some people may be having very dark thoughts and watch the video. 🙏 Thanks for your videos, they are the best😻

She just read my psych evaluation. 🤔

In hindsight, I've experienced this a few times. & have been too ashamed to share it, so I went thru it alone😥

You know it's deep when yesterday @ a pizza shop an old man accidentally bumped and broke a glass of pepper flakes. For a SPLIT second I thought it was my fault. Crazy huh? Now I called off from work today not cause of that but because I HATE my job and life. Trying to make things happen but it's like a damn curse is over my head..

All of them… all day, every day for as long as I can remember 😞

*When you have over 5 symptoms, that you've been having them for years, but your phycologist brushes it under the rug* : oh....Welp, guess I'll keep acting like I'm fine. *When you're phycologist is making you feel like you're making it up/faking* : I'm fine, I'm okay, I'm just overreacting

I remember being 10 years old, I had all these symptoms, other than not being able to enjoy anything, or I don't really know I hated my sport gymnastics, but I told myself I loved it. That was my second year of diagnosed severe depression, I am worried once I am taken off my medication I will feel that again, I am scared, I don't know what to do.

Usually depression is associated with a trauma caused by another human being. Time to be kind to others.. coz you never know how emotionally sensitive the person even sitting next to you in a public bus is..

8/9. And I still feel like a lazy faker because I like to read.

People with 4/9 symptoms because they only gained 4.9 percent of weight are not clinically depressed, but if that same person ate 3 large pizzas then by tomorrow they would be depressed.

My little sister was depressed from a long time. The problem with Indian families is that we think that depression is not something real and that a person is only sad from some things but that is so wrong i found it the hard way. She had too much zeal to clear competitive exam that she couldn’t think of anything else other than it. She seldom went to any family functions, was an extreme introvert and very emotional. Once she was left alone and she hanged herself in her study room at home. I get chills looking at the room now. I somehow hope that some day she will come through the front door from school with her inncoent smile on her face. It has been more than a week now that she left us 😞

9 of 9 on a depression test. 5 of 5 on a anxiety test. Loving everything. Or at least trying to.

U know it's bad when u still have all of the symptoms being severe even after 6 years of treatment :D

This genuinely helped alot- I have felt all of these feelings lately and, I was wondering if it was because of depression- so thx ❤

All of those things that she said point towards me

Other Signs that I have experienced with bipolar depression: - not talking as much - subconciously distancing yourself from other people - not wanting to do anything - feeling hopeless or wnting to give up - wondering what's wrong with you nd wishing you were normal I'm sorry for anyone who's experiencing this! Know it gets better :)

My patented depression cure. Stop smoking weed, start going to the gym, get slightly drunk every Friday night, and read lots of quality literary fiction

The solution is to find help...🙏 Counseling to find the root of your sadness. Talk about your pain and focus in getting well. If you can love God and be thankful for the little things. You will feel better. Even a disgusting creature like a cockroach doesn't wants to die... And run 🏃 for it's life... We are more than a cockroach... Don't forget... God loves you...🙏😍

Sometimes, depression is the only friend you can allow! Nothing else matter .

i struggled in the past not knowing what depression was . My father laughed when I said that I was feeling suicidal and told me to go ahead

How do psychologists distinguish between someone with a chemical imbalance that is causing these symptoms and someone who has a lifestyle or set of circumstances that is causing them? If the cause of these symptoms is external, medication and therapy would seem to have little to no effect. Regardless, there is a financial incentive in America for medical professionals to promote the idea that their patient is suffering from a disease so they can justify a regiment of medication and/or therapy.

Who scored 9/9 👇🏻

I still feel joy and enjoy certain things, but not as much as before. I have many of the symptoms of depression, so I must be depressed, but in spite of all the hard times, I'm still happy that my cats and dogs are around me, I get joy out of watching birds in my backyard, which is not the biggest or the most beautiful backyard, but it's still the place where I can relax a little. I do wish everyone all the best. I hope depression does not ruin your life completely, and I hope you'll eventually get over it.

9/9 wonderful The best thing i've ever done for myself was realized that depression is a medical condition. It answers the question "Why me"? The sorrow remains but now I have a reason.

I only have 4 : can't enjoy things, want to kill myself all the time, feel worthless and can't concentrate. Good to know I'm healthy

When you don't wanna do anything is it always depression?

I’ve had all 9 for the past 7 plus years. And somehow I survived. It’s a miracle! The Darks Night of The Soul. Is that light again going to get any brighter?

Thanks God, I'm fine at the moment but I've been there. I keep busy with nice stuff like pilates, meeting friends, going out

At least I don’t feel guilty

Just tell me how to disappear

Thank you, I realized that I was depressed. I'm actually crying 9 out of 9.I'm truly depressed

I’ve had every single of these for about 5 years and every day I said it can’t be this way forever, I no longer found joy in thing I used to love, I getting want to see my family and friends I literally was only ALIVE because I had to be my daughter needed me! Well Idk what happened but in the past 2/3 months I’ve started to feel like me again, I’m looking forward to things again it could be a change in my medicine or me thinking positive Idk but I’m soooo glad it’s finally happening. Tomorrow I have a job interview and I pray I love it and it’s just the start to a new chapter in my life

I have had ALL the symptoms for over 3 years. Maybe one day I’ll get better

Been fighting and struggling with this for so long...I'm just exhausted by it all at this point. Dunno how much longer I can keep this up. It started when I was a teenager and I'll be 34 next month....the thought of doing this for another 30 years is absolutely horrifying to me and takes my breath away.

I am a 13 year old. Idk how to tell my parents. I cry every 5 minutes but they think I am just faking it all. I have severe headaches, can’t get even 2 hours of sleep at night, feel hopeless. There is just no meaning to my life. I am just a useless kid who just uses parents’ money for stuff. I feel guilty. I want to end it all but I am tooo tooooooo scared. I think I need to see a therapist, but I am too scared to tell my parents. I am severely depressed and I can’t stop tears rolling from my eyes. I have no meaning to live on this earth. I don’t deserve anything.

Got the full collection baby WOOOOO

I have almost all these but I just smile through the pain through out the day so my family and friends don’t worry about me 😊

Remember seeing a therapist when I was in high school didn’t really help now I’m in my early 30s and I still find myself depressed. Best advice I can give you all these moods go up and down in levels we just Gotta get to the next moment it gets better and it gets worse I don’t know what the fix you answer is all the best.

The fact that i’ve been having nearly all of these symptoms for over a year and the thought of going to a therapist never popped in my head makes me really scared for my future, family and friends when they find out what i’ve been dealing with, and also the fact that i thought these symptoms happened to everyone else around me has kinda got me feeling insecure now that i’ve been researching depression quite a bit recently, and i’ve genuinely considered suicide not long after i thought one of my long-distance friends killed himself, when he was just in a two month long coma from the failed attempt. I’ve only opened up with one of my friends and my girlfriend because i somehow trust them more than anything, even my own parents and the rest of my family. I should consider getting a therapist but i have trouble speaking to others due to severe social anxiety and a really bad stuttering problem so now i dont bother. My confidence has also taken a massive downward slope because ive been showing a lot of symptoms for parkinsons, the strange thing being im 17 years old and i thought it only affected certain older people. So now my life is just confusing and sad because of all this stuff, and im just scared. Hopefully someone sees this and tries to help me

I've got all nine...the weirdest thing about having bouts of depression for decades is it can morph into different modes, the last few months I've been flipping between insomnia and hypersomnia wheras it used to be mostly insomnia and then "catch-up sleep". Now it's sleep over 10 hours a day or awake for over 30 hours in the same week.

She explained my life bro

Thank you. To everyone who is like me, remember that someone loves you

Wow.. everything she just explained my life in 1min

Have all of them and feel like an empty shell, it's far worse when you don't understand the real reason for such state and just living through

How I am broken is if death comes in front of me I will hug it 😢

Last week I had a panic attack, I told everyone I had one and I had them more often, they all said: “You only get those if your depressed so don’t be a baby” I wanted to scream: “how do you know I am not” but I couldn’t I had 9 /9 of those symptoms and I don’t want to tell anyone 😢

8/9 baby! Going for 12 years of my life. And an official diagnosis. It’s confirmed my life is shit 🔥🔥

I have some of these of these signs but I never think of ending my life Life is to good to just have it leave.

I've had these symptoms for 4 years ever since I was 12. My parents will never understand or get me the help I need

" for Atleast two weeks..." I've been feeling like that since 2008 😮.

And sometimes it isn’t just limbs feeling heavy, sometimes along with the feeling of guilt, my heart feels like it’s ten pounds heavier, just because of the sadness.

well i knew i was depressed for many years already but glad to confirm it once again...

I do all these all the time, but i still can work as usual. It's just feel so heavy when logically there was no big problems at all.

i got 6 of the 9 symptoms, but i don't have the feelings for 2 weeks- its more of this feeling thats always there(?) and then intensifies for 3-6 days every month. I was wondering if it was Recurring Brief Depression (RBF). I never went to a professional so I don't know what I have

Throughout my whole life, i’ve been a people pleaser and I’ve always wanted to do anything for anyone other than myself if it makes them happy, did that get me anywhere? no, I’ve been bullied by the same people since i was 8, trashtalked, gaslit, physically harmed, threatened, used, etc. I used to think this wasn’t a big deal, because I always saw it in movies, recently I’ve realised how wrong it is, the same people still do these things to me, but to a lesser extent due to way too many calls and shit with the principal and their parents, I’m currently 15, I feel no insipiration to live further or do anything, never have i EVER had an actual friend in real life. So I’m terrible socially due to lack of experience, and that shows due to everyone I meet instantly hating me for being akward, too quiet, etc, I asked my parents for a therapist the other day and they just laughed it off. I don’t know what to so and I feel like im wasting too much precious time caving in to fear rather than doing anything else, please help

This is me....I have all symptoms and it's hard. I just want to me mentally well. Happy, have energy have hope.

I experience all of these, but the past few days I’ve had more energy and lighter mood. I tend to lose track of when I go into a depressed state.

I've had five of these for two years (ever since my grandma passed)

Apparently i have depression....i wish you best I love your smile I love your eyes I love your eyebrows I love your mouth? I love your face I love your body? I wish you best really And we dont talk about how it's weird bye and i love you

This is what i feel I always wake up very late and play with my lil bro then id daily go to school and never focus so i panic then go home and think of crying and i easily cry and think myself of a worthless stupid baby and then i see myself fat so id skip dinner and lunch basically starving myself then tell myself to go and clean the house but i never do it then by 8am i help my little brother go to sleep and when he is i cry all night blaming myself for what happened to him(hes got disabled when he was 2 he got hot water spilt on him) and i blame myself for being tue worst sister then at around 1-3am i think of ending it all so i can rest and i live in a flat and i sometimes go up to the roof and want to jump off to end it but i always think of how my mom lost her parents and dont want to hurt her or my dad and brothers and i often snap at my siblings then go cry in my room for hours id get angry by accident and feel weak and pathetic then always want death to come and i sometimes argue with my brothers then act ok and just fine but i hold it all insides i dont know how to tell my parents cuz im only 12 and they would think im just acting but i want help. The smallest thing will push me off the edge The only thing thats stopping me from killing myself in my family if i lose one i wont hesitate.

I was diagnosed with depression in my early 20’s but antidepressants didn’t work for me no matter how much they increased the dosage . I was recently diagnosed with bipolar, which I heard is common

Wow, i truly have had depression for 2 years.. i got all 9 but im to scared to tell my parents, im to scared to ask for help.

The last one is so true

Thank you I'm not depressed anymore