Depression (Noun)
a mental condition characterized by feelings of severe despondency and dejection, typically also with feelings of inadequacy and guilt, often accompanied by lack of energy and disturbance of appetite and sleep.

There are many different definitions for depression... however no definition can describe to you what depression is truly like.. you can't know until you feel the full force of it strike..

It makes you feel sorry for yourself every second of the day.. makes you feel insignificant to everyone else.. it forces your brain to attack you with false thoughts.. like "I'm not pretty enough" or "I'm just worthless"...

It attacks with suicidal thoughts, causing you too kill yourself and passes the pain on to your loved ones.. it causes you to hurt youself, leaving you with scars for the rest of your life.. which may only be a couple more days or weeks..

Depression is something that can never be forgotten and it can never be erased from memory.. your scars that you most likely gain will remind you if you escape the grasp of suffering..

Depression grasps you by the heart and soul and squeezes the life from you.. it drains you of strength, energy, appetite, self esteem, and self conscious.. It tears you away from your family, making you lock yourself in your room and cry for hours on end..

Depression is started by the passing of family members, a traumatic experience and more.. in my case it was everything of the past catching up to me.. It ruins your life... it's near impossible to escape it's grasp.. you... you just can't understand unless you have gone through it..

To go through it... it's indescribable... it's the most horrible experience you will ever go through... it causes you to never accept help.. shove your friends and family from your life..

The answer to the question, what is depression, is no simple thing to describe.. unless you paraphrase or whatever it's called..

Depression is a drainer, a murderer, and the way to lose hope in yourself..

I hope you don't go through depression yourself unless you already have.. and I hope if you have gone through it, that you never go through it again..

It is quite honestly, a fatal disease a lot of the time.. you can't... it's just a murderer... depression is a psychopath that murders...

Medical help could get you out of it.. but if your already on the brink of suicide... it's far too late for medical help...

Do me a favor.. if you see someone in depression, comfort them.. never leave their side even if they shove you away... try to make them laugh.. show them the joy of life so they can release the grasp of depression on the mind, heart, and soul..

Remember this if you are in depression.. never, never ever, try suicide... or to even hurt yourself... you are not alone in this world.. suicide will cause your soul to be restless.. and will pass the pain and depression onto your loved ones.. hurting yourself is only temporary... it's not an escape...

Hurting yourself... it drives you insane.. it makes you go insane... it is like a drug and if you start... it's 99% impossible to stop... you will say it's an escape... but in reality, it's an escape to insanity..

Also, this is the main thing to remember... you are not alone in this world... you are not the only one in depression... other people have conquered it, which means you can... just never forget, that you aren't alone..

I don't even know if I answered the question... I just.. kinda kept going with this..