How do I know if I am actually depressed or just whining senselessly

>>18088297
>How do I know if I am actually depressed or just whining senselessly on anonymous basket-weaving board?
You go an see a mental health professional who can diagnose you if you have depression.

I like to think of these matters from a behaviorist perspective. A mental illness is a harmful pattern of behavior. If the illness does not cause practical behavioral problems, it's not much of an illness, is it? Observe your outward behaviors over time in an objective fashion. If they match what is described for depression, then you have depression. Who cares what the internal state is? If the behaviors match the description, then it doesn't matter whether your internal state is genuine or fake depression. Regardless, if your fake depression has the same practical effect as someone else's genuine depression, then it is every bit as much of a genuine problem as theirs is.

>>18088307
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Let it end here.

do you have a reason
if yes you are whining
no reason?
brain is fucked, seek help

>>18088591
What about criminaks?

>>18088747
This is lie. Depression doesnt have to be and majority of time isnt for no reason.

>>18088855
then stop feeling sorry for yourself faggot
go and solve your problem if you identified it
bitch

>>18088871
Go suck milo yiannopoulos' bulbous salutation.

If you have no goals or hobbies, then you're probably depressed.

>>18088877
>waa waaa

go back to pol "depressed" manchild