What Depression Really Feels Like - Comments

@ TheSunIsStillDark23
Yeah but sometimes the drastic mood swings makes it way harder, I still try to think about those "happy thoughts" but it's a struggle to keep it going. And it sucks how people underestimate depression or mistake for "just being sad" because it's not just that.

I feel similar. I'm undergoing a depression that will last the rest of my meaningless life. But I shove it all away and pretend to be happy. I don't want people getting on my case. Sometimes if I pretend I have something worth waiting for in my future besides what I really want, I can sometimes believe myself when I tell my brain I want to be happy. And it helps. A little.