I thought that this topic could potentially warrant a poll but looking at how often people might be depressed and how long it may last would require too many options.

Anyway, simple question really requiring a less than easy answer.  Some days I feel depressed but not all that often. Maybe twice a week and it may last for say a day or so. Why?  The usual things. Money, relationship issues, work related stress and (there's no hiding) the low you can somethimes feel from alcohol..........
Sometiems if I can't find an explanation for why I feel down I generally just categorise the feeling as 'depressed'. Maybe it's something else I/we feel?

Anyway, I have far more many good days than bad and in that respect I'm lucky.
What about you?
Oh, and I feel slightly depressed today and I've not touched a drop.   

I only get beer remorse if i get completely hammered.

I'm a very jolly person...hence the name.  But when i have been at my lowest, I'd still just say I was blue.  Depression is a strong word that gets bandied about far too much these days.  The sugar rush of a Mars bar can pick most people out of what they call "depression".  That's not to belittle anyone who thinks they are depressed, just to point out that depression is a whole lot more than getting over being dumped or owt.

sometimes get down, but then just blow £500 or so on clothes and feel better. I think that means I'm a woman...

Yes of course I ever feel depressed and Im sure everyone does.If not,there wouldnt be suicide cases.For me,there is a lot of reason why I feel depressed and the main cause is my school work stress,I cant stand it.

I get depressed alot, suffered with it in my early 20`s, mine was drug related then. Now its only triggered when someone I know dies.  My partner has had manic depression for 2 years now and that has had me bordering on it myself tryin to get her through it.  Off to Belgium in November to get her some Plastic Surgery which should stop 50% of the cause of her depression.

the misses has PND - loads of prozac kicking around if anyone wants a deal

Oooo, that's a bit heavy.

I went through a tough time a few years back with depression.  I'd been to university and got my degree then went into a job related to my degree.  I hated it.  I found it stressful and generally unfulfilling.  I was drinking loads to try and blot everything out but that obviously made matters worse.  My doctor put me on sleeping pills and signed me off work for two weeks but I ended up not going back.  I was really difficult because I felt like I had failed myself, failed my parents and everybody who cared about me. 

About a month later I got a job on the production line in a factory.  I absolutely f****** loved it.  I gradually started to get my confidence back and I was able to work out what it was I actually wanted in life.

I've been relaxed and happy enough for the past couple of years now.  I suppose I just know myself better than I used to.

That is some statement TT with a hint of anger in there somewhere.  What pricks and when talk openly about this subject and on which fora (do you mean this one alone?)?
Apologies if this has p*ssed you off but are you directing your comments at anyone in particular or was that just a general statement?  I kind of feel that I maybe should halt this thread as I am not an authority on what real depression is.

Don't think I've ever been depressed. Of course, I've had spells where I'm not in the best of moods, but far from depression. Think I've got, and always have had, quite a decent life, with friends and family being there if I ever needed them

I can understand people getting hacked off about people claiming to be depressed because their goldfish died or something.

What really hacks me off though is people who have no idea what depression is and say things like, "How the f*** can he be depressed? He's got loads of money".

Now i didn't mean it like that. I'd love to talk openly about it, but feel i cant really do so in a place like this, or any place really. I do let my emotions come out quite a lot on here, but depression is something i've tried to hide for many many years, and failed, it actually made things worse. What i'm saying is i don't know how people can or will take what am saying and possibly cast judgment on me. Although from what Rebellious has posted in here i feel a little less apprehensive about the whole thing.

Fully understood chappy. This is quite a sensitive subject, already stirring up much personal emotion and a forum such as this one (or any for that matter) can be dangerous places in which to expose one's feelings. Some days I want to just write down my s*** and post it but fear of over-exposing myself stops me..........
Admire Robellious brutal honest and open account all the same....

That really sums up what am saying.