I've been asked before to describe how depression feels, and I guess I can only talk for myself. I'd be interested to know if this rings true for other people.



I guess tiredness and hopelessness are the major feelings I have. Imagine that you've just spent the whole day on some back-breaking task, with lots of stuff going on around you and you're not only physically tired, but emotionally stressed. You have no more energy, your brain is muddled and going around in circles. Then imagine that all the work you've just done turns out to be a waste of time, and you've got to do it all over again, like Sysiphus regarding his rock as it rolls back down the hill. Now, you might be imagining that you'd have aches and pains from all this work, but imagine you didn't; just a numb sense of fatigue. Now imagine that you feel this way, but instead of it being the end of the day, you've just woken up and you feel like that.



That comes about as close as I can put it.