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Describe depression?

I would say more 'falling into the abyss'.

I would describe it like That feeling you get on a flight when someone is kicking your chair only there’s no kicking it’s just the feeling crossed with extreme exhaustion and there’s no destination and you’re in a box and nobody else knows you’re in it ,kinda

I would say a dark cloud descending, a feeling of ominous threat that is ever present

Long, dark tunnel.

Drowning. The light is so far above.

@Sparklingbrook yes. I've felt that way. I've also said it's like being stood on a beach in the shallows and getting knocked over by a big wave. You can get to your feet and the next wave might hit immediately or wait a while. You'd never know.

@dawn96 YES. THIS.

Like there is a dark cloud around your head that makes everything much harder work than it should be, like there is no joy in anything and all your memories are fuzzy and dazed. It's hard to think of any good times or feel anything but anger and sadness.

Trapped in a well or a deep ditch.

That tunnel vision feeling also.

Like your life was once full of colour then all of a sudden you realise it's all grey.

Another vote for tunnel vision. It’s all dark around the edges, kind of like the feeling you get when you’re on the verge of fainting.

Oh yes the memory My long term memory is impeccable my short term is non existent I’m 22 and I’m very much like “what did I come in here for”. “What did you say your name was” 50x a day .
Rubbish isn’t it

A sucking void... that's how I would describe it.

Sucks all emotion, happiness, strength and wellness. It makes me less able to consider those around me, less able to stay motivated, less confident, less concerned about my personal health and wellbeing, less able to care about important things like money or turning up for a job.

I felt soulless when I used to have it.

Now I keep myself on track and haven't gone back on antidepressants for 3 years (despite being on them on and off for 10 years of my life).

Climbing in a wardrobe in a game of hide and seek where nobody really looking for you. And the door gets jammed.

For me depression is quite frantic. When I'm depressed I hate myself and blame myself for everything.

It's like I've turned into the biggest bitch in the world, and I'm her victim.

swimming through treacle

Like being in a deep hole, unable to see over the edge, no horizon. You can see people passing by, carrying on their normal lives in the sunshine (my depressions always seemed to ambush me in the summer), but something is out of kilter, and you can't connect with them. You're kind of trapped inside your own head, rather than feeling part of a bigger picture.

It felt like a beautiful summers day, birds tweeting and the warm sun. Only there was a triple glazed window between the scenery and me and it was completely inaccessible for me. Everything behind me was grey.

Like trying to keep your head above water

But all the above i would get

Like drowning or being suffocated.