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Hey, I’m a 17 year old boy in high school.

Recently, I’ve been wondering I might have depression. For the past year (at least) I have seemed down very often, and I sometimes can’t even remember the last completely happy day I’ve had. Even my friends have noticed that I seem upset or depressed a lot. I have a lack of motivation for school, even though I used to love it a few years ago and was a straight-A student. Sometimes I feel like I just don’t want to do anything, and nothing I can think of makes me happy. Other times, I will completely lose an appetite-for up to 2 days, especially when I feel really down. Every now and then, I will suddenly feel completely depressed for no reason, and I will have no clue what triggered it. In the mornings I often feel as though I dont want to do anything. Also, when I come home from school, the stress and sadness sometimes makes me want to just lay down or sleep for hours. I did just break up with a girl a month ago that I had extremely strong feelings for and more typical drama has taken place since, but I still felt depressed even while I was dating her. I want to make sure that this sense of depression isn’t just from the loss of her, because I have learned in school that there is a big difference between feeling depressed and actually having depression. If anyone can help me that’d be great. Thanks guys.

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GB | 12 months ago (5 minutes after post)

hya lv,sounds to me like you do have some sort of depression

you need to go speak with your gp

he will be able to tell for sure,what sort of depression you have :)

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12 months ago (6 minutes after post)

I’m not contemplating suicide. its not that serious.

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An Unknown Location | 12 months ago (25 minutes after post)

It doesn’t sound like it is the normal blues after a hard breakup. You sound mildly to moderately depressed and not a danger to yourself right now, but the real risk with depression is that it is very hard to seek help after it gets worse. It is a good idea to talk to your doctor, your parents, your school counselor, or another adult you can trust about this. That way you can get the personal feedback you need right now, and you can get the information and support you need to monitor your situation and make sure it doesn’t get worse.

In the meantime, one thing that is very effective in improving mood in many mildly depressed people is exercise. It really helps to address the condition at a very basic physical, biochemical level. Running, rock climbing, sports, anything is good.

The other thing to keep in mind is that isolation worsens depression. Try not to let yourself become separated from your friends and family. If you are having trouble getting the motivation to socialize or do other activities, ask your friends and family for help in this area. Sometimes getting help getting out can break the cycle.

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