The Lesser-Known Symptoms of Depression

Depression is not just feeling hopeless or apathetic, there are lots more symptoms that we aren’t familiar with.

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[Mal_O_Ware]

Don't forget about that one symptom that literally is a nightmare to those with a lot of deadline; _Feeling really tired_

[toria]

When you have so many plans for the day but end up just staying in bed again....anyone else?

[Gorilla_Chaos]

Shout out to the people who can’t even memorize their childhood at this point.

[chrissi]

My depression include lots of anger against myself and others, crying a lot and being constantly exhausted.

I don't want this anymore.

[nolives]

I have anger, guilt, memory loss, lethargy, chronic boredom, etc.

To be honest the sadness is the easiest to deal with.

[abrahamO]

Brain-fog. I've had it before. Not fun. Months feel like weeks and you struggle to remember specific things you did just a week ago.

[callmetoast]

Whenever I try to talk to people they’re just like “Oh, everyone’s like that”....





That doesn’t help

[bluflavouredpudding]

Me: *clearly shows all the signs of depression*
My parents: Stop being dramatic, what you need is discipline.

[Boys_Who_Cry]

Ok YouTube, i get it. I'll see a therapist or something.



*_gosh_*

[Primalxbeast]

It doesn't help with the guilt when family members are constantly going out of their way to belittle you for not being able to function the same as other people.

[mogotecoyote]

You mean, there are people who've never been depressed?!

[fatfrog]

Yo I have really bad memory loss I'm over here feeling like I have dementia when I'm only 20.

[unleashingpotential-psycho]

One big symptom I see of depression that people don't realize often times is oversleeping.

[hardankles]

Andrew Solomon said, “the opposite of depression isn’t happiness, it’s vitality...” during a Ted Talk. I love that quote

[stargirl]

When you sleep there is no rumination and no self blame/guilt.
Watching videos also does the trick but not as effective

[theob]

I find that the most apparent symptom of my depression is literally just being tired and wanting to sleep, though i tend to stay up late.

[takatacheroki]

In an odd way, it makes me feel better to know that some of my issues just stem from my depression instead of just being another thing that's wrong with me.

[alexandrias.]

As someone who deals with depression, the self blame is DEFINITELY a thing.

Depression is weird. Like I can be feeling a certain way and in my head I’m like, “You know this is illogical.” But another part of my brain is like, “No it isn’t. You ARE a failure. Everything IS your fault.” And unfortunately the negative, illogical part wins.

[trinitystone]

Shame= "I am bad"
Guilt= "I did something bad"

[umcaraqualquer]

So, according to my own analyzis:

-Small, but existing sense of worthlessness most of time, which expands into a huge blob every time a minor mistake happens;

-Staying in my bed all day, doing nothing and blaming myself later;

-Sleeping up to 3 hours in the afternoon, not getting things done, and blaming myself again.

-Memory loss, which is by far the worst, as I often have problems remembering who I used to be, what I did last week, how to structure sentences, and doing maths (Which was the subject I was best at).

-Problems with conversations. I don't know how to properly prolong them, and have a constant fear of talking, which led to me not making many new friends. This gets even worse, as I had a HUGE group of trustful friends before, and all of them say I was a pretty cool guy, even if a little impatient and hot-headed.

-Problems with completing even the simplest of tasks (Can't take a pill without dropping it on the floor first, picking it up, noticing I forgot my water, looking for it in the whole house only to realize that it's obviously in the fridge...)

-Daydreaming constantly about the adventures and success I want to have, thus not concentrating on what I need to do in order to achieve that.

-Compulsive gaming with friends, and getting sad if they aren't online.

-Constant insecurity and overchecking of facts, to "make sure it is correct"



Damn... I think I might have developed very serious depression and social anxiety in the last four years... now the hard part is looking my dad in the eye and saying "I'm depressed, I want help"...