Have you ever gotten depressed? I don't mean the light one, I mean depression-crush-you-so-hard-that-you-cannot-even-get-up-for-anything-and-feels-like-the-world-should-just-gtfo-and-die. 

If you get what I mean... 

My answer: No. Yeah, I did get depression, but it wasn't so bad compared to some others.

Ha! No thank god!! I've never been THAT severely depressed. Usually people that feel that way commit suicide. I have been upset before (of course) but never to the extent of depression.

I've gotten depressed to the point I didn't want to be bothered by anybody anymore, but I never been that depressed before. I'm too cheerful of a guy to go that far down. My life had it's major downs, but I had always fought it and get back up. I enjoy life to much to be too depressed to commit suicide. To me, suicide is a pathetic way to escape your problems in life. I've met people who wanted to do that and I would always tell them that there are people out there who's life was worse than  yours and they are doing fantastic and happy with their life now. Why should you stoop so low to run away from your problem. You should man up and face them. Anyways. I've gotten way off topic, but yeah. I never gotten that depressed before and I don't think I'll ever will.

Who hasn't gotten depressed?

When we take it to suicidal levels though.... fewer are in these ranks...

I'm among them.

I have attempted suicide because I was depressed, but I'm better now. I have severe depression, and I've learned to fight it through people's positive reinforcement.

Yes, I have quite a bit. Bullying has been a big problem at school, and at one time it really got to me. I haven't really gone to suicidal stages... but I've gotten close.

More recently, however, I've been more positive. I just try and brush off all of the mean words thrown at me.

YourMajestyKen : Haha, well, you're lucky to never experience that kind of depression, trust me. I've gotten close, and it's not easy, not even close.
Natas : Yeah, I was once in that stage too. I also said that to people who were severely depressed, and last time I checked, they're better!

legacyme3 : True. So true. I've attempted suicide before, but it wasn't related to the stage of depression my original post stated, it was an last-minute thing. It's good to hear that you're better than before! It's funny actually, the fact people can either severely worsen, or greatly makes your life better/worse.

the_casualty : I was severely bullied in 1st grade to 5th grade, just because I was deaf. Believe it or not, I actually got kids' depression at that time. 
I truly understand your feelings, trust me. 
I seem to think that when you get to feel more positive, it's a maturity thing, because it happened to me too. One day, I just felt like shrugging off the insults and mean verbal bullying. It's a good thing! =)

Not really. It sometimes bugged me how little friends I have and that we don't do much together, but that's the closest I've ever come to being depressed. I'm usually a happy guy that makes the best of what I've got, such as Vizzed.

I would say not quite.  The depression I have, I have been dealing with it for the past few months.  I have lightly thought about dying (I feel weird just typing this) and leaving this world, but then I remember that God does not want that for me.

This depression is not something I am going to get around quickly.  I basically have to replace much of my negative thinking that has plagued me for the past few years.

EVERY OTHER DAY im just a sad person ;(

I do...not too often but I do when some kind of tragedy happens

Oooh yes. Big time. It isn't everyday, but the days my depressions do come.. I am not a cheery person to say the least. I haven't been diagnosed but I honestly don't need a doctor to tell me if I have depression or not when I already know the signs. And I know I give a lot of signs out.

Ive fought with depression all my life i feel theres two sides in my head the part that makes me think about all the bad stuff and makes me revel in it and the side that takes an approach to get rid of everythign that makes me sad. i never really got to the suicide stage but i often think about it, i'd never actually do it though.

being dead means you'll never get to see anything and i think to myself no matter how bad thigns get atleast your experienced something over nothingness that void just scares the bejesus outa me.

I sometimes get it, I don't.
Maybe its the puberty or looking back at myself, But I've gotten dangerously close to the suicidal part of depression, sadly. :/

Well sometimes..but should fight and overcome it......realire the chance of being a human being.....
 

No. I've been mildly depressed before, but I've never been truly depressed.

Yes, but only because I was so bored and that none of my friends talked to me anymore for some reason. but now my life is back to normal.

I think that most people take depression too lightly and say that when ever they are moderately sad. Depression is a legitimate medical problem but I think that It's symptoms can be experienced in instances when you experience very severe sadness though. I have felt that on rare occasions like when my dog died (He was around before I was born so I didn't know life without him) and during my 11th grade year in High school, I felt like my mothers side of the family (divorced parents) didn't understand me and I couldn't get along with them very well, and I was just pretending to be okay and pretending to get along with her boyfriend while holding in all of my problems, basically a painful facade. We were poor and she was always busy and didn't have time for me and it showed up in my grades but after moving back in with my dad and his wife I felt understood and I don't feel bad like that anymore. So I have experienced severe sadness to the point where I wished I was never born on occasion that I would call a depression symptom, but I don't have depression and I am able to be uplifted from it where as with depression even if your life is great or at least acceptable and there is nothing particularly wrong or saddening, you still feel very sad regardless of purpose or reason.

I have I almost wanted to kill myself when grandma said we where moving again.
And i couldn't keep my cat.

I've had suicidal thoughts in the past, feeling that I was worthless and fat, and one of my friends had just told me that no one liked me, so I wanted to leave the earth, thinking even hell would be better than this. but, i'm foine now.

As you've said, for me, not so bad as others. Definitely.
I think I was a couple of years ago. I had one friend in the world who seemed to be moving farther and farther away from me. The summer holidays came and I got up, wandered about, maybe played the DS or something and went to sleep. Three months. I met with my friend.. only a few times, while she went out with other friends.
I didn't know I was depressed (Well, desensitised?), cause I - as cheesy as it sounds - didn't really know myself. I didn't know how I was feeling at all, and just stuck my head in a game or a book. Then the next year came and I was split from my friend in class and made new friends. I kept drifting away from my other, original friend and realised.. well, that I was happier :'D
Those other guys pretty much salvaged me. I'm always going to be thankful to one in particular to whom I'm still extremely close to. I don't think my original friend meant to be, but I never felt I could express myself. She was... controlling? That's a very strong word.. Not controlling.. But at the same time, freedom of speech was not possible.
So I think I have, yes. But thanks to a relation of mine, and those friends, I got back on track.