How do you know if you really are depressed?
I have some symptoms of depression but not nothing major. I rarely cry or have suicidal thoughts. I want to be dead, but I wouldn't kill myself. But that's just because I have nothing going for my life.
I feel sad a lot but like I said I rarely ever cry. I get embarrassed fairly easily, mostly because I'm extremely shy. I sleep a lot, but that's just because I have nothing better to do. Yes, the future seems hopeless to me, but isn't that just my fault for wasting years away doing nothing but complain and moan.
It could just be written off as just laziness or loneliness, so how can you tell, or prove if it's depression. How would a GP see it? How do you see it? How did you know?