The difference between being "sad" and being "depressed":
  • Sadness: Life sucks.
  • Depression: Life sucks. It always has sucked, and it always will suck.
  • Sadness: I don't want to get out of bed.
  • Depression: I wish my bed would swallow me alive, so I could just sleep forever.
  • Sadness: I want to cry.
  • Depression: I wish I'd die already...
  • Sadness: ... things are getting better.
  • Depression: You'll never be happy.
  • Sadness: I think I'll be okay again. It hurts right now, but...
  • Depression: I'm never going to get rid of this... every time I think I'm better, I slip right in again. It's never going to go away, I'll always be in pain.