Is it pоssiblе tо bе sеvеrеly dеprеssеd, аnd still gеt thrоugh yоur dаy tо dаy lifе?

[fuzyon]

It's definitely possible, I used to be extremely depressed but I still had to study and go to work to be able to live, even though I didn't have the desire to go through my day to day life any longer. That doesn't mean you'll like it though, chances are you'll struggle after a while because being depressed also means you lack motivation to continue through the hard times. 

 

[pwarbi]

I think this also brings up the difference between being sad and down and being depressed because they are two different things altogether. If we are sad then it's a lot easier to get through our everyday life and carry on, whereas if we're depressed it can still be done but not for long before it takes it's toll on us. I'm sure we all get days where we are happier than others, but when we have been diagnosed with depression the happy days are fewer than ever, and while we might appear to be carrying on regardless to everyone around us, we know ourselves that we aren't right and sooner or later will need help to get through what we're going through.


With depression we can't just 'pull ourselves together' and hope we are going to be fine the next day. It's a medical condition that needs treating properly and that's why a lot of people suffer in silence as they don't want to be treated for a mental illness because at the end of the day, that's exactly what it is.