What does teenage depression feel like?

You feel like your life means nothing to anyone.” And she's right. Depression is often an experience of heaviness with little energy to do things and even sometimes no energy to move at all. read more

Depression can be confusing to teenagers, as one moment they might feel fine, and the next, a sudden wave of extreme sadness or hopelessness shows up. At other times, your teen may feel nothing at all, like a general numbness. read more

For teenagers with depression, usually the most scary feeling arises from his peers and parents, not depression itself. Yes, depression has been tortuous enough indeed. However, people who have intimate relationship with him hurt him incessantly. read more

Some teens may appear joyless and irritable, and for those who feel uncomfortable expressing sadness, such as adolescent boys, despair might be expressed through anger or self-destructive behaviors. Teen depression is a chronic experience of sadness and despair, not a feeling that shows up in the middle of the day, as Elise Jamison points out. read more