Question

If someone has had feelings of sadness, hopelessness, and despair that have lasted for more than a few weeks they may have:

Been going through a bad phase
Depression
Excessive stress
Anxiety

Answer 1

If someone is experiencing these symptoms for a few weeks they have depression.

Answer 2

Depression, Depression is more then just feeling sad, Depression feels like nothing is good enough

Stress isn’t because it’s just gonna overwhelming and interfering with your day