Depression

Like Sasha, people who are depressed tend to feel sad all the time. But depression can affect people differently. It can make some people feel tired all the time, yet they may have trouble sleeping at night. Others might lose their appetites or may suddenly start overeating.

When you're depressed, nothing seems to work out the way you'd hoped. Whatever you do seems to go wrong. Even if it doesn't, you can see only the bad things, and you start to focus on them. After several failures, you begin to think nothing will ever work out. “See—why did I even bother trying?” you might ask yourself. “I knew I was going to mess things up.” A depressed person can feel hopeless, helpless, and, worst of all, alone. It becomes easy for depressed people to feel trapped by their troubles.