How to know if depressed?

well. - you don't have to feel constantly sad just because you're depressed. If you look in the other threads here you will probably find many signs of depression listed. The common factor seems to be that everything is/feels "tuned down" .

there are loads of other internet sites too, just google it and you'll find lots of em listing symptoms and offering tests.

thx very much

hi im here not to give advice or ask a question but to tell of my story. im 25 yrs old and have 2 children. ive never thought about the fact i could be depressed. in my late teens i talked to a friend who was studying psychology and told her of my childhood through to my teens. she told me i was depressed as a child and probably still are. in short my parents spilt and i lived with my father with my older brother then we had an evil step mother for about 4 to 5 years. but feared my father and hated him for as long as i can remember. i used to cry at anyting and everything all the way in to my teens for as long as i can remember. i wished i would wake up from a nightmare in a normal family as a child. i have self harmed as a young teen and thought about suicide allot but got over that. i couldnt talk to anyone in my family about how i felt or what was going on in my life and didnt like going out at all. untill i hit my late teens and found the tabs, booze and drugs. my god my life felt better for the first time. ive stopped all that stuff for a while now since ive had kids who are 2 yearold boy and new born girl. but still i dont physically feel any diffrent in a since of being depressed. so my conclusion is that im so accustom with being depressed its normal or ive never been depressed. sorry for my rant and thanks for listening needed that off my chest.