How long have you been depressed?

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edit:sucidal for two years

i was diagnosed with it in march of this year. but looking back on it i think it started about two to three years ago and just steadily went downward from there.

4 years ever since i had my first sexual experiance since then ive just been depressed and ive recently wanted to kill my self

I've been struggling on and off with depression since I was a little girl..I'm talking (does the mental math) since I was like 4. Apparently..(I don't remember this of course) after my Aunt's wedding in which I was the flower girl I went up to my father with a huge butcher knife and asked him if it was sharp enough to hurt myself...Then there was the time I tried to throw myself out of the second floor window at age eight when my kitten got hit by a car. I've stedily become worse and worse...ie more and more hopeless and easily upset. My family doesn't understand and thinks I'm just flying off the handle or am being too dramatic...I've tried telling them a few times how I feel, that I am suicidal and terrified of docters. I think (crosses fingers) that I have it more under control at the moment...But I am still am easily upset and un-motivated..All I want to do is sleep...and wow am I ever rambling -_-;; Sorry about that I didn't mean to go on for so long.

just over a year and a half.

I am suicidal and terrified of docters.If you don't get past your fear of doctors, you are in deep, deep trouble. You need help. Is your family really completely unaware of your situation?As I've said elsewhere, antidepressants are not a panacea and they're not for everybody, but some people benefit greatly from them. In any case, you need to get help pronto. If you get taken away in an ambulance, your fear of doctors will be moot.

About four or five years.

about 2 yrs but its hard 2 say exactly cuz i actually dont remember much of the time i was depressed, just bits and peices which is unlike me as ive got a great memory. i cant say exactly how long cuz i dont remember it starting...and its hard to put my finger on exactly when i 'stopped' being depressed...it was a very gradual process

i have been depressed for about 8 years....and im 18 btw.

Sadly, ive been deppresssed for as long as i can remeber (literaly) which some days, months, years being worce than others. and im 17

It pretty much took over when I was 15 and has gotten worse every day since. I'm 22 now. I manage to hide it and not let the awfullness or thoughts of suicide run my life. All I can do is try to keep busy. Once in a while I'll have a sort of break when I meet a nice woman, but finding someone I connect with is so rare.I remember I met a great woman who was with me throughout the winter. We both kinda felt the same way and comforted each other by cuddling and holding each other all night. I broke down one time when we were embraced really tight and she was rubbing my back. That was the first time I cried since I was 5 years old. I still get tears when I think about her at night.

i've been depressed for about 5-7 years and partly suicidal for about 1-2 years but i have my good and bad days. i m 15 now