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Has anyone ever got depression for apparently no reason?

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isnowdropi
isnowdropi

Has anybody ever experienced depression without any outward symptoms? 

By this, I mean my life was absolutely fine and normal, it started when I was 13/14, there seemed to be no trigger, like a divorce or death or bullying. I had friends and a great family.

Yet for some reason, depression started to sink in, I felt lonely where I wasn't alone, sad when there was no reason to be sad and developed extreme low self esteem; I was convinced that I was some kind of bad, worthless person and labelled myself many negative traits. I always struggled with talking to people even making normal conversation, and was especially afraid of speaking to new people.

I've felt that way for almost 9 years, and all that time I was very aware of what I was thinking. It felt like I couldn't stop, just kept turning things over in my head, ruminating and wondering whether there was something wrong with me, why could I not speak to people confidently like I could before? etc. 

I'm sure there were a number of small subtle events that happened proceeding the depression that triggered it but has anyone else experienced something like this? Where there was no obvious event that started it?

Thanks,

isnowdropi

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    For about a year now I've had this. Never feeling happy as I could be, mood change in seconds to feel like nothing, days of feeling like I mean nothing. Reading replys made me realise I had bottled emotion up. But who do I tell? I'm worried if i tell someone everyone will know and treat me differently or they'll tell me someone I don't want to hear.
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