Discussion What physical traits does your depression feel like?

[IIDARKIISHIKARI]

Mine makes me feel like I have a black hole in the center of my chest that is just constantly swirling. I feel like my brain swells a bit when I begin to overthink and get anxious. I don't feel actual pain but it just purely feels like my insides are becoming literally empty. When people say they feel like a shell of a human I genuinely can relate.

 

[FadingSunshine]

Used to feel the shell of a human thing, now I just feel tired and disassociated. For anxiety I feel nauseous.

 

[Archness]

Like all the blood in my body is just gone.

Sometimes more subtle "in the background" kind of feeling, like my blood's been replaced with cheap water.

 

[TheSpookyNameGuy]

Headaches.
Slurred Voice.
Temp movement impairment.
Voices.
Random personalities.

The main one is a feeling like i have a dimensional field around me, my field is seperate from the real world, like a spectator.

It leaves me feeling utterly unplugged from anything i witness or interact with. My mind is often convinced that if i kill myself, the rest of us can relax when we wake up in the next world.

I myself don't believe in such fairytales but then again im not the sole inhabitant in my brain.

 

[letsalllovelain]

I dont know if its depression or something else but im always tired no matter what, on an average day i nap for 30 minutes to an hour. Mind you i get 8-10 hours of sleep per night. I see a lot of things in the corner of my eyes that disappear when i turn to look at them

 

[mekurin]

Like a noose around my neck choking me making me light headed and a knife piercing my heart. Or sometimes I am just numb and empty. Depends on what's going on in my day ig.

 

[illAF]

Can't get out of bed, can't take care of myself, struggling to eat. Sometimes a huge emptiness, sometimes overthinking about my problems and then crying and screaming. Plus anxiety which comes with a lot of symptoms.

 

[!MIA!]

I get lead limbs. It makes it disorienting to move.

 

[JJMaynard97]

The Physical Traits my Depression feels like is very similar to the above. But for me it's a pain in my Heart. It's like my Heart has burst and is leaking inside of me. The slurred speech thing too. As I feel like I can't be dealing with having to interact with friends or family. It's like Tape over my mouth. Also my stomach, ever time I eat something my stomach bloats out and I feel sick. Also a weight that's holding me down and trying to suffocate me.

 

[Odahviing475]

Heartache, dizziness, confusion. Sometimes it just "hurts" all over. Most prominent would definitely be someone standing in my chest.

I do get nauseous.

 

[Kerrtu]

Fatigue.

Migraine

Cluster Headaches, which I've been able to stave off with ice packs and double doses of Sumatriptan. First time I had a cluster, doctors thought I'd had a stroke.

Absence of hunger.

Nausea.

Feeling disoriented

Syncope (fainting)

Last but not least, constipation

This is the one rare time I'm using the poop emoji - they're sort of jolly looking (tear)

 

[vitbar]

I get a churning in my guts or even an emptiness. I get pangs of sadness that almost feel painful. Sometimes my head feels like it has pressure on it. Sometimes it feels like my head is full of cotton wool.

 

[acerace]

Feels like my brain is exploding.

 

[IIDARKIISHIKARI]

I get a churning in my guts or even an emptiness. I get pangs of sadness that almost feel painful. Sometimes my head feels like it has pressure on it. Sometimes it feels like my head is full of cotton wool.

Damn this might be more accurate than what I originally said now that I think about it

 

[tearsad]

Huge fatigue and constant pressure on the head.

 

[vegasguy7022]

Drowning in open sea

 

[MeltingBrain]

 

[angel31]

(One aspect) Like someone build a little bird cage around my heart and it slowly got smaller and smaller.

 

[spøgelse]

constant pressure on head
sometimes migraines
chest tightness
extremedrowsiness bordering on being drunk
laughingat thingsthat arent that funny despite not feeling anything
emotional numbness
constant fatigue no amtterhow much i sleep

 

[fortified-hollows]

Lethargy, chest pain, decreased appetite, insomnia on some days but sleeping for 12+ hours a day for most, slurred speech, shuffling gait