Depression Definitions

Gloom

Inertia

Lowness

Sadness

Bleakness

Dejection

The blues

Desolation

Gloominess

Melancholy

Despondency

Dolefulness

Low spirits

Unhappiness

Hopelessness

Disconsolation

Discouragement

Dispiritedness

Heart sickness

A mood disorder

Downheartedness

Heart heaviness

Extreme sadness

Heavyheartedness

A global pandemic

Heaviness of heart

Sadness gone wrong

Depletion of energy

Reduction of feeling

Pain in its purest form

Self-fulfilling pessimism

Feeling sad or despondent

The obscuring of our hope

The opposite of elevation

An extreme form of a bad mood

The inability to construct a future

Something that makes us lose our sight

Not a necessary part of healthy living

Feelings of hopelessness or inadequacy

Grief out of proportion to circumstance

A prison where we are both the suffering prisoner and the cruel jailer

A pessimistic sense of our own capabilities, and despondent lack of energy

A period of unhappiness or low morale which lasts longer than several weeks

A state of mind producing serious, long-term lowering of enjoyment of life or inability to visualize a happy future

A signal that we need to make changes in our life, a challenge to our tendency to withdraw, a reminder to take action

An inability to experience pleasure, difficulty in concentrating, disturbance of sleep and appetite, and feelings of sadness, guilt, and helplessness

Persistent sadness or inability to experience pleasure combined with other symptoms including poor concentration, indecisiveness, sleep problems, changes in appetite, and feelings of guilt, helplessness, and hopelessness