Low Mood & Depression Reflection
For persistent heaviness, flatness, or loss of interest.
Low mood rarely announces itself. More often it arrives as a slow flattening — the things that used to give a small lift stop giving it, mornings get heavier, and the effort required to do ordinary things quietly doubles.
This reflection follows the domains that decades of mood research keep pointing to: interest and pleasure, energy, sleep and appetite, concentration, movement, and the way you talk to yourself. Each item asks about the last two weeks, because duration matters as much as intensity.
Your result is offered as a mirror. It describes the pattern in your answers in plain, non-clinical language so you can recognise something rather than be told something.
What this reflection looks at
- Persistent low or flat mood
- Loss of interest or pleasure
- Sleep, appetite, and physical slowing
- Self-critical thinking and hopelessness
What it is not
This is not a depression screening tool or a diagnosis. If you are having thoughts of harming yourself, contact your local emergency number or a crisis line immediately.
What you get at the end
A short reflection written back to you in everyday language, a couple of gentle next steps, and — if you want them — a way to find a therapist who focuses on depression and low mood. You can have your result emailed to you, or skip that entirely.
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