For those that struggle with depression, how often do you have bouts?

It never really ends. It tends to have waves of severity that ebb and flow. Been a really bad month.

Seems the past six months its been constant.

Since 2020, with my mother’s illness and subsequent death, it’s been constant. Sometimes I’m okay, but it doesn’t take much to trigger a reaction to something. This morning we learned that the granddaughter of my youngest uncle completed a doctorate in the same field that he had.
I cried because I knew how proud Mom would’ve been to share that with her baby brother.

I have struggled with it since I was 15. I have good days and I have bad days.

I have been struggling since January off and on. This week has not been my best week😞

Not all the time, but often enough for it to be obvious.

I have had depression starting from my early 20s. I didn’t finish college and fell into a deep depression for about 2 years. I started to focus on work and that took me out of my depression. I fell into another deep depression last year. Everyday was like hell and all I wanted to do was sleep my pain away. Some days were worse than others.

I wouldn’t call it bouts. It can last months or years for me. It’s more like a dark period of my life.

Being brought-up with negativity, I only know of one way to deal with it daily. And thats by having faith and praying.