How to spot depression in very young children

Childhood depression is a lot like adult depression. When a child experiences a full blown depression as young as preschool age, it is not usually caused by the parent or environment, but a predisposition. Children with depressive episodes, also suffer from anxiety disorder. These types of disorders include separation anxiety where the child will get very real headaches, stomachaches, or diarrhea on school days. The pain comes from their brains not the bowels.

[philliphamilton]

When I was two or three I went to a preschool with an abusive teacher she would squeeze our faces whenever she wanted us to listen to her or whenever we got in trouble and would yell at us all the time. After a while my mom started to notice that I wasn’t behaving the way I usually do she said I was depressed at three years old so she watched how I was treated in the preschool and quickly took me out of there and I was much happier at the new preschool. Apparently the teacher got fired

[yw]

I only eat vegetables, cant sleep, screamed alot, cried in the bathroom just to hide myself.

[ezzanz]

This is a great report and should be addressed more.

[shaneekabatty-cross]

I had depression at 4. Worst childhood ever, never happy.

[sugarbelle]

I’ve been depressed since I was 6 years old

[amaliadorado]

Wow that kid is lucky I 6 yrs got depression when I told my mom she just lugthing I'm now 11 they don't care abt me still

[petitluna]

I wonder if babies can have depression...

[MelB]

As young as 3 there’s no reason for a 3 year old to be depressed all they got to do is play