Does Depression Cause Physical Pain?

In this short video, Gabe Howard answers the question "is depression physically painful?" He also invites you to share your thoughts in the comments sections below.
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This video was reviewed for its mental health content by Psych Central's Editor-in-Chief, John M. Grohol, Psy.D.

[@kurtb5512]

It’s a horrible feeling. Gut wrenching feeling can’t sleep. Feeling hopeless feeling lonely.

[@karywalker9617]

Depression hurts.. I can feel it in my chest and throat.. Pressure and pain everywhere. Being unable to feel anything but pain is horrible.

[@shrutibayen4289]

I have a back pain. I actually had a back pain problem because of my study and work habits. But now it has increased even after all the medications. And I can relate what's going on.

[@rjvlog4931]

Sir i have depression i cant feeel emotions or love what i used to love earlier or enjoy those things what i like to do but the most hated part is that i keep trying thinking why it happen... Which day it happen and i want to forgot that but its remind me more quickly... Repeated thought r coming ofteb on the shape of people images like my gf or any memories or anyfreind and its keep knocking my head until i leave that person or memories with them and i cant feel happiness what things make me happy earlier like youtube subscribers and views or talking to my girlfreind or riding my bike or thinking about something good... I cant think about happiness.. Like thinking for super bikes or my career n future no matter how much i try to feel happy i cant it just keep reminding me of the past and future is going to be worst... I know it is for for some month until the period didnt gone but it's effect my daily life very badly... My innerself want to cry but i dont let it cry because i know when i will be over from this period i will look at myself and laugh what the hell i was doing... Am I was stupid?

[@pluckymhlanga8691]

I'm feeling pain everywhere even joints lm tired what can l do

[@joser83111]

@@pluckymhlanga8691 Get your vitamin D level check, can cause depression, and joint pain.

[@Truerealism747]

How are you now

[@shisha3874]

You put the thoughts in my mind into words..depression is very physically, mentally and emotionally painful. One of the worst parts of depression for me besides the pain is that I never feel well, and therefore I hardly ever spend time with my family and friends. In turn my family and friends think that I don't want to spend time with them (because I don't look "sick"). The guilt and regret of not being able to spend time with them makes my depression 1000 x's worse. I don't like the way antidepressants make me feel so just ordered natural mood support capsules. I pray that they work! Good luck to all of you that are fighting this horrible battle of depression. Thank you for making this amazing video!

[@kanaler5924]

How've you been doing?

[@vickyandres6922]

I get blurry vision, back aches and headaches. My fingers even hurt.

[@pauldg913]

How are u now?

[@limitless1692]

Depression hurts really really really really bad . And the fact that Society is indifferent or pretends that depression is non existent , it makes it worse .

[@nehasharma2513]

Exactly it feels devastated when your pain , your horrible inner fighting is not listed anywhere in society, no matter how deep it is ..

[@Truerealism747]

​@@nehasharma2513do you have chronic muscle pain

[@ava198]

Severely depressed and its hard to sleep because of the physical pain. Feels like razor blades in my stomach .. fingers ripping at my heart .. my bones feel like they are made of heavy steel

[@christophermiles6696]

So you're telling me that im not really dying slowly? And everything im feeling is common in depression?

[@Truerealism747]

​@@christophermiles6696apparently in France you have to have physical symptoms to be diagnosed with depression

[@emilyjo5616]

Body heavy yes, sleep disrupted yes, tight chest yes. I have a pain in both my arms that’s very distinct. It is like pin pricks all over my arms and to my hands and fingers. I was just researching why that is and what to do about it. Taking a walk and yoga seems to help, although it often comes back after.

[@karenmaradei9521]

Hey ! I’ve been struggling with the same . Went to multiple doctors all seems fine and that stresses me out cause I still get the symptoms . How are you doing now ? Thank you

[@allikelley3434]

I have ptsd, anxiety and major depressive disorder. I also have shingles on my scalp right now. Tonight, I seriously considered suicide. Thank God my husband got home in time. My children were asleep and I was going to take every medication in the house which include a lot of dangerous pills if too many are taken. That’s the amount of pain I was in, indescribable pain that would drive a sane person crazy.

[@kanaler5924]

I hope you are alive and feeling better

[@ianshilling5863]

Headache, joint pain, stomach pain bloating and gas, numbness in hands and feet, fatigue, anxiety and depression.

[@grooooootie]

It does actually hurt it feels like why whole body is squished and due to my anxiety I can feel my heart pounding through my head sometimes.....

[@donteven70]

My chest always feels heavy and I feel like I'm breathing through a pillow

[@calalosan4166]

Same

[@kimberlykim1766]

I thought I was the only one

[@bernadettewilson6029]

I have the same thing I always assumed it was depression and now I know

[@jeffreyk9743]

Don I have the same symptoms. My chest feels the same way plus the crying

[@lovelyyymusic3413]

me too

[@rustrydustry]

When I had chronic depression, I felt headache, dizziness, joint pain, especially in the left hand, and head pain from above

[@letsgobuddies]

Pain on neck back feet and ankles. Body is heavy, sleepy, anxious of tomorrow.

[@vikasmahindrakar2882]

Thankyou so much for the video. And thanks to everyone for sharing your pain in comments. After reading all the comments i feel little relaxed as i am not only one who is suffering from physical pain due to depression. I am just 23 years old and suffering from last 3 years. There had been almost no effect of medications till now. Considering to change daily lifestyle. Will try to be more active and happy all day. It may work🤞. We will definitely win this war. I feel pain in only left side of my face and chest with some small pimple like spots near the pain affected area.

[@AM-qr4ys]

Thank you sooooooo much for this video 😢

[@datdankdj8264]

I feel it in my stomach. I constantly feel like I’m being hollowed out, gutted from the inside. I won’t sleep for several days at a time, then when I finally do sleep, I’m constantly plagued by nightmares, I don’t remember the last time I’ve gotten restful sleep. My pain has become so bad that I look forward to the feeling of numbness, because I’d rather feel nothing than feel the way I do. It hurts me to look at people living their lives and being happy, because I’m not like them, I’m not normal, that’s all I’ve ever wanted was to be like them. Normal. Happy. I’ve always wanted a stable relationship, but it’s hard to get anyone to come near you when you look like me. I’ve cried in rooms full of people, and no one cared. People ignored me. I’ve prayed and begged the lord for some semblance of peace, but it never came…after a while I lost my faith in religion. I find everything pointless, I lack purpose, *meaning* . I feel as though I don’t belong, no matter where I go

[@1mandrywallarmytv144]

Now most of the time when i smoke the dank my pain becomes amplified 5 times. I'm at the crossroads to quiting the dank because it is making me more depress which is causing me more pain. A vicious cycle I am living and I just want relief!

[@originalunoriginal4055]

Definitely know what you mean by it. I too feel it in my stomach area when going through depressive episodes. Along with tightness in the chest area. It's crazy how a disorder in the mind, a psychological impairment, can cause the individual to experience actual physical pain as a result of mental illness. 😮😮😮🥴🥴

[@313bootboy6]

This horrible churning in my stomach. It feels like I am constantly falling and it makes it difficult to operate. Hiking has been my release from it.

[@fajilee2405]

Appts your video so much

[@mcdijkhuizen941]

How about people around you don't understand or just don't want to understand that it is a fysical disease. When people tell you 'it's all between your ears'. I always answhere by telling them that my brain is between my ears. If I remove my brain or yours what's gonna happen than? So when the brain is broken, what to do then? Give my the answhere to both questions so i can see what is happening between your ears.

[@filipg.8852]

depression gives me a feeling as if eletricity flows through my arms and then tips of my fingers start to really hurt from inside and sometimes my whole hand starts tp hurt the same way

[@pauldg913]

How are u now?

[@jeffreyk9743]

I get scared sometimes where my mind gose if I don't catch myself

[@1happypiranha]

When my depression relapses I will get literal body pains. Headache and aches in my arms legs, fingers and toes. That’s what’s happening now. Not pleasant. Pain killers do nothing. I take Topiramate daily to keep the pain away but it breaks through when I get sick again. Not sure what to do, going to have to ask my doctor for something to take.

[@sylviadomerese352]

Try gabepentin. It's no joke. None of these meds are to be taken lightly. But this one worked for me.

[@amandahalley5531]

Same i have😢

[@aden0088]

anytime i think about something that might hurt then it happens

[@Liv3lov3laug3]

Debilitating migraines and pains in head, neck , upper shoulders that makes me want to rip my head off. If I was to take pain killers, I'd be immune to them by now and ruin my gut flora hence have even more depression and pain. I'm unable to 'nap it off' because I experience insomnia concurrent with these episodes. How do you guys naturally cope with the pain?

[@kanaler5924]

I've been massaging myself best I can till my hands have hurt, not a good long term solution, am trying meds now. How have you been since posting this?

[@1mandrywallarmytv144]

I'm noticing that weed and alcohol is causing be to be even more depressed because my physical pain is inhanced5 x what it was. It just started a couple of months ago and now I think I put a finger on it.

[@arieion17sanderson98]

Well I'm going through depression to I have body achs all over and thts the only thing hurting me but its the devil fr my lower backs also hurts as well my upper back I cry and get e.otions and feelings and my mood dramatically changes from ok to sad really sad I have had suicide thoughts im kinda taking it one day at a time I pray for anyone thts going through depression we will get through this storm 🙏🙏🙏

[@mleslie4327]

Can I ask about the shoes on your book case? ...the sore throat, covered in snot and tears is how I am...12:30am, and I hope sleep comes soon. Just watched the vid, and got distracted by the shoes. Thanks for your video.

[@RainbowKid71]

Bipolar depression is hell. I hurt so bad that I can't bend down and tie my shoes. I wake up for 10 hours to go to work. While at work, I take breaks to lay on my back on the floor. After work, I'm so mentally exhausted from telling my muscles to work, I sleep for 10-12 hours. My depressive episodes usually trade off between a physical depression or the mental depression where I'm suicidal. And that's just half of bipolar 🤦‍♂️😞

[@Dricon1997]

It feels horrible. I breathe slower and slower, and sometimes it feels like I have to gasp for air. My wrists, arms, chest and stomach all make these pulsating dots of pain. I have just walked around not knowing what to do. I feel lost and my brain feels empty. I wanna vomit. I stopped working out. It hurts and I get headaches, aches in my body. It felt like my brain was shrinking and head was crushing my brain when I see amd think of how little I’ve accomplished. Even when I try, even when people compliment me, I disagree. And it hurts more in the lungs and heart. I daydream more often and I begin to be scared. I am scared of losing people. It doesn’t stop hurting, but I also know that no one around me can help. They don’t know how to help, therefor I will not bother them with how I am currently. They don’t have to know how negative things are. It hurts to see them being happy, but I don’t wanna be a hinderance to their happiness...

[@christinagreaves7932]

Headaches , heavy limbs , sore back

[@1mandrywallarmytv144]

my shoulder and neck and arms are painfully uncomfortable. I struggle with sleep and thoughts of people wanting to kill me in my sleep. I may need to go see a doctor and get back on some meds. Depression is real and I've been fighting it my whole life 53 years.

[@calalosan4166]

Mychest throat hurts it feels heavy when I breath I feel heavy

[@marylamb6063]

When I used to eat sunflower seeds, I would get horrendous back pains along with severe depression. There were four other foods that caused depression, but no physical pain. I got cured by taking three courses of antibiotics meant for a sinus infection.

[@Truerealism747]

So was it bacteria inside you you think what other symptoms did you have

[@bernadettewilson6029]

I've felt this heavy pain in my chest and throat almost constantly. It often makes me think that death is better than this constant pain and I really just want reasons that I shouldn't die because it seems there's less and less each day

[@pauldg913]

How are u now?

[@arieion17sanderson98]

Don't do it i myself suffer from depression and had suicidal thoughts u no the storm we. Going through will not last trust God pray and have faith everything will be ok

[@tylerhogan610]

I don't want to move sometimes it seems depression has similarities to withdrawl symptoms. Anger makes me way hotter and harder not to explode.

[@ursula.m8265]

Hurts just like nex day post workout to the point I have to take Tylenol.

[@imsupershyomaga]

I started feeling a lot of pain in my hands and chest, man I thought about everything except this, I don't want to have depression :(

[@cartlistph]

The worst pain I felt was like a burning sensation of my veins that runs through my entire body, that starts from my chest to my shoulders with much intensity in my arms and my hands until it reach my fingertips. Same thing on gut of my stomach and runs down my legs ang gets more intense on my heels, soles and the tip of my toes. It's the same sensation you feel on your feet if you are on the edge of a high rise building. But in my case its the entirety of my veins in my body. Some other physical pain I experienced is intense headache accompanied with vomiting; stomach ache; chest pains; muscle pains; and sleeplessness.

[@Truerealism747]

Do you still get muscle pain

[@shahriarsharar8363]

how are you now?

[@artsworstenemy8956]

The difference between me and most people who suffer this way is I don’t want it to stop. I want it to just drag me down and drown me.

[@ouesletiaziz3131]

I have a bad feeling in my throat that doesn't go and recently, I have pain all over my body including my arms, legs, back and even fingers....... I can't sleep because of this deep pain.. Can't study or work anymore .. I pray to die while sleeping. I don't wonna wake up anymore to experience the same thing. I had OCD previously, suddenly all the fears are gone, now I have all this aches.

[@Truerealism747]

I've had OCD from 3 are you hypermobile as I've found out I have Asperger's why I have pain

[@Film_Addict]

Man it really hurts... it hurts to a point where I just wanna die.

[@nasheciaanderson6142]

Chest pains

[@sylviadomerese352]

Arms, legs, especially hands and feet ache and pins and needles. Also horrible low back pain. Nsaids do nothing.

[@pauldg913]

Same! Since when?

[@buzzdown418]

Yo how tf do you fix this

[@Truerealism747]

@@buzzdown418 very hard to do

[@lizr9894]

I’ve been sitting in my adult son’s room for the past 30 minutes just so he’s not alone. He’s just laying there, but every few minutes he turns to me and says, “I’m in so much pain, mom” or “I’m never going to be okay” or “my heart hurts so much” He hasn’t known how to live in this world for years. He doesn’t know how to not react physically to his thoughts. Why don’t I know how to help him? I think there’s something wrong with our society.

[@lyftful]

How are you and your son doing now?

[@tupensejaisentiments]

@liz r

[@thomasroman1025]

I just want to be told its okay to cry I want a hug

[@calsonyap8337]

Chronic depression causes me suffer from interstitial cystitis

[@Truerealism747]

So it's tms

[@aurorynfrost9817]

I am saddened to know I can't burp butterflies.

[@nidhisindhwani9871]

My both legs are paining chronic pain from 2months .. life is like hell .. with this pain .. plz help all reports are normal ..

[@Truerealism747]

Have you been checked for hypomobility if you have you will have comorbid ADHD or Asperger's which causes depression pain

[@nidhisindhwani9871]

@@Truerealism747 how can I diagnose this ?

[@hilltop9098]

Depression hurts more then childbirth and I'm being serious

[@shiamaxwell3482]

No support while going through depression adds to more pain 🥲