Depression can affect interest, energy, concentration, sleep, and everyday tasks. These changes deserve attention without requiring you to prove that life is difficult enough. This page helps describe your experience; it cannot establish a diagnosis or replace a safety conversation.
How to use this page
Choose a recent, manageable example. Write, draw, or discuss your answers. Skip anything that does not fit; this page is not a diagnostic assessment.
Compare with your usual pattern
Use concrete examples: unopened messages, less interest in an activity, or difficulty preparing food. Include when the changes began, what helps, and pressures or health changes occurring at the same time.
Ask for a workable first step
A first step may be assessment, practical help, or adapting a task. Discuss treatment options and follow-up. If you have thoughts of suicide or cannot stay safe, contact live crisis support rather than waiting for a routine appointment.
Reflection prompts
Use these questions in conversation, on paper, or in the downloaded PDF. You may adapt or skip a prompt.
- What has changed in your mood, interest, or daily functioning compared with your usual pattern?
- What makes essential tasks harder, and what support is currently available?
- What change would make the next week more manageable?
- What question, concern, or safety issue should your clinician hear first?