My depression ranges in its severity. When I am slightly depressed I lose interest in things I enjoy. I start to withdraw from family and friends and isolate myself. I just don't feel like being around anyone. Then I start to feel tired and fatigued a lot. It becomes hard to concentrate. Everything take so much enegry to do, like even making food for myself. I lose interest in hygine and just start sleeping and watching TV a lot. After that things start to get really bad. I get intense feelings of hopelessness. My self-esteem plummets and I feel worthless or I start to hate myself. I get suicidal thoughts. I also self harm as a way to cope with feelings when it is really bad. It helps me to feel numb or relieved for a while when all I can do is think about how much I don't want to live. It's only got worse than that, which ended in attempts to end it. That is what it is like for me. Everyone is different and depression can be different to different people.