Define DEPRESSION

Homeless after 60 years in one place was THE WORST.
God put me here where I was sorely needed.
Clot shots took my good friend HOME 28 days ago tomorrow.
Added two guitars to my arsenal. RIP Indy.

Blaming the victim for being sick...Unbelievable lol

You sound depressed, I bet a hug will give you enough of a dopamine hit to be less of a dick for a few minutes...

Oh here's one...

"When you know that the thing in the basement will get you the minute you fall asleep".

How about puking your guts out so hard you thank the lord you can't remember the most of it.

SoberLife's voices in the attic while his
tri-polar woman going all BLM on him.
Can always be worse I reckon.
Soon Lord soon please.

No that's mere panic.

Depression is when the loss is days away and you're looking down the barrel of a gun begging your hand not to pull the trigger.

Panic attacks are synonymous with anxiety...That's what you both are describing...

Life at the hands of republicans.

Well that qualifies.

But you don't get your badge till you honestly can't figure out why in hell you ain't dead yet.

What does it mean to you?

So who says you can't have both at the same time?

Not that I recommend anyone try it.

It's common that they do accompany each other, and exaggerate each other as well...

Sounds as refreshing as a cool summer night meadow...

Living in usa with Biden as Fake president?

Very hard to explain to others, much less understand myself.
What most people think, or describe as their "depression" is far different from the Chronic Recurrent Treatment Resistant Major Depression I have known for 3 decades.

The best description I have ever heard (see below) of the type of depression that I am familiar & suffer with; and which/when I heard them describe and give an example of it...... I IMMEDIATELY KNEW that the person who shared it ABSOLUTELY KNEW, UNDERSTOOD & SUFFERED FROM THE SAME TYPE OF HORRIBLE DEPRESSION THAT I DID & DO!

(let me add here/now that the person who shared the "shockingly accurate" example below was a fairly well known, accomplished & professional individual who was a guest being interviewed on a syndicated radio program)

The example they gave as to "what their depression was like, how bad it was, and how it affected them when they were in the throws of their deep depression".......

Was that while they were in this depressed state, which could be for hours/days/weeks at a time; that they were unable to think, remember "What their Grandchildren's Names Were"!

When I heard them say that.......for the first time, I knew that that person had & knew what I had & knew!

it is the worst thing i know, beyond bad

Ever worked 27 hours straight?

Constant state of apathy with no drive to do anything.

Yup I did and on a heavy highway crew! You don't even want to knw.

Sad about your state of affairs.

Has very little to do about chemical imbalances.

Betrayal stabbed in the back and the heart

The want or need to make a change but feel helpless, or are unable to make it happen.

I've tried sleep deprivation.

Though not painful (exactly) it will fucking kill you faster than depression.

Both at once will win you the brass ring.

I got so depressed once that I sat down and watched TV for 45 solid minutes!

It was 'orrible I tell you, just 'orrible.

(Not the depression, the programming.)

First there was hurt- something happened that kind of emotionally broke my heart and my heart literally hurt, like clenching pain, for about 4 months.

Then after that over the course of about 3 years I felt like it was falling down a deep hole. I could feel the ability to feel joy and hope slipping away slowly but no matter how hard I tried, it only seemed to speed up the loss. Like fighting to get out of quicksand; it only sinks you faster.

Then for about 5 years I just gave up and allowed it to happen. Turned over complete control of my life to the universe, said whatever your will is, is what will be. (Don't fucking do that, btw. The universe doesn't give a shit about you)

When I noticed that my favorite time of day and best feeling was that few moments just before drifting off to sleep, because that meant I didn't have to be conscious for The next few hours... I thought I might be depressed.

Over the next 3 years things got a bit better- I still love taking asleep more than anything else, but instead of waking up in the morning and thinking "fuck, not this place again" now it's just "Ugh. Ok, let's get on with it."

There's still no joy or hope, and not much gratitude, and sometimes a good helping of resentment, but there is also a whole ton more patience, acceptance, and grace in suffering. It doesn't physically hurt any more either, so that's nice.

One of the main things I struggle with now is not being able to envision the future any longer. I can't plan anything further away than 7 days, and I can't even imagine the future beyond a month or 2 ahead. They just don't exist to me.

I think that counts as depression.

"Define DEPRESSION"

Highway 70 in STL between the Arch and the Old Court House.

"The Depressed Section."

My gosh...they changed the name after the new Mississippi bridge went in to HWY 44..from HWY 70..!

In most cases, this is a term made up to mask your partially imposed misery, as if it was a treatable illness, through chemicals that castrate your emotional functions.
In the rest of the cases, it's a true imbalance in your brians, that actually requires the previous mentioned chemicals.

Don't worry about the 'can't plan ahead' part. I can only do about 15 minutes. Make a list of 15 minute jobs then do the whole list.

If the universe don't care about you it's only half bad. At least it isn't trying to kill you every chance it gets.