You obviously dont feel like yourself...but how do you actually *know*?
I guess I'm just confused because I've been depressed before, but I've never felt this way. I lay in bed at night wondering if I've done everything wrong in my life. Am I really with my soulmate? Was I actually meant to be a mom? Am I a good enough mom? I want to go back to work some days and then some days, I just want to lay in bed for a week. Today, DS started crying and I just held him and cried along with him for awhile. I don't know if I'm going stir crazy, depressed, or actually recognizing mistakes that I've made. Maybe this is me realizing that I'm not happy with my life or maybe its something else.
The only thing thats pointing toward depression is questioning my marriage since I had an episode 1.5 years ago where I almost left my husband because I felt that I wasn't good enough for him. That was depression...this, I'm not so sure.
I'm having a hard time getting out what I mean and how I feel right now. I'm not sure if I've explained myself well enough to get any opinions. I guess I'm just not sure if I'm having some sort of light bulb moment or if something else is wrong. How do I know?
I don't really know the full signs of depression, I just know I don't feel myself... I know that you can feel a lot worse... I think that if the symptoms last for a few weeks you need to talk with your doctor about depression...
If it's possible you could always go and see a therapist... I know that it has helped me... I also found on here some mentioned getting "The Feeling Good Handbook"... I picked that up, just started going through it... It seems to be helping lots, even making me understand more of what my therapist is trying to tell me...
(((HUG)))) you will get through this...
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Technically, there's something called a Beck Depression Inventory that is a series of questions that professionals use to diagnose clinical depression. Everyone has down days, and there's a huge spectrum between feeling slightly unhappy and suicidal. Part of the diagnosis is about how long you've been feeling down.
My recommendation would be to get out and talk to people (grown-up people!), get a change of pace, do something new, then see if you're still feeling the same way. Just questioning where you are in life right now is probably not a cause for concern, but a step to further growth and greater understanding of who and where you are and who and what you want to be.
One thing I'm sure of, unless you've been lying all this time on the forum, you're a great mom, and I'm sure Connor agrees.
How do you know if you're depressed? 
