I went to visit my local GP yesterday to check up chest pains i had been getting over the past month. She told me it was nothing to worry about, and it was proberbly anxiety. She then started asking about my life, after she told me she thought i was depressed. I assosiate depression with feeling down, sad etc. and i dont have any of these feelings although im avoiding my friends, i dont go out anymore. I have lack of motivation to do anything. I dropped out of college and havent been doing anything for the last 4 months. I am avoiding getting a job as i dont want an interview, where i know someone else would be better for the job than me and it would mean talking to someone face to face ahh! I can't phone up anyone or talk to anyone anymore. I oversleep and have a lack of appitite.
I didnt ever think i was depressed.. am i depressed?

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If i may make so bold,
it is actually for you to decide whether you are or not.

Some people i know are always happy ( or at least they look happy) even when they have lots of problems. One of them told me if he wouldn't laugh in the face of all this troubles around him, he would crumble and die.

Others (including me) are always worrying and sometimes depressed.

Cheer up Laura, at least you are in blighty at the moment.

I'd like to see the look on your face if you were suddenly transported to my bleeding part of the world...

Well there's a distinction between the emotion "being depressed" and the disease "depression". I'd say this isn't something requiring medication, it's reasonable to feel this way at this point in your life.

I'd focus more on what's causing you to feel this way, rather than trying to "fix" your feelings.

ie. Don't take advil for back pains when you're sleeping on the floor.

Well there's a distinction between the emotion "being depressed" and the disease "depression". I'd say this isn't something requiring medication, it's reasonable to feel this way at this point in your life.

I'd focus more on what's causing you to feel this way, rather than trying to "fix" your feelings.

ie. Don't take advil for back pains when you're sleeping on the floor.

Yea i think your good

You could be a little depressed. I've been like that before (not feeling down, but having a lack of motivation to go out with friends).

It could just be anxiety making you feel like that.

Its totally possible that you are depressed, but thats not the problem, its how bad your depression is. Here are a few questions I have. In the morning, do you feel like staying in bed and just ignoring life because it sucks anyway? Do you feel like crying sometimes, and just not sure why? Any traumatic things happening in life, like break up with BF, loved one dies, or in love with a person that will never return your love? I hope that you don't feel too bad, and if you EVER get scuisidal thoughts, tell the forum, and we'll help you out.

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