Is this depression or just normal thinking?

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To think that I will never actually be happy as I always have negative thoughts in my mind.

I wouldn’t say that’s normal. Normal would be to recognise that now might not be great because of a certain situation. But it will pass and tomorrow can be better.

Depression is much much more complicated than what you've posted.

But how I see it is the bad things are happening every day so tomorrow won't be better.

It's not just bad things happening to me but other people too.

Never feeling positive isn’t normal.
Bad things happen.
But amazing things do too.

Do you find simple tasks difficult to complete?
Is getting out of bed each day an enormous effort?
Eating/drinking too much/little? Smoking too much?
Wondering what the point of it all is?
Emotional: close to anger, or tears, all day?
Feeling numb, no feelings for loved ones, thinking they would be better off without you?

That was me, when I was depressed. DH says he thinks I still am.

Go to your GP, in the first instance. Samaritans are easy to ring on 116 123 which is free to call and are available 24/7.

I wonder if it's more an OCD thing? My DH has negative thoughts lurking a lot of the time, and I sometimes feel like that too. I never thought of it as depression, although I might be missing something here.

Exercise is a huge help for me.

@Bookworm01

I can answer yes to all of those apart from struggling to get out of bed, and I don't smoke.

I do wonder more often than not what the point in anything is.