I (20M) am not 100% sure what my mental health problem is but based on the symptoms, I think it's probably depression. I had a horrible time in 2021 with my mental health and it affected pretty much all of my life. Ended up causing me to fall out with some people, have issues with my college work, some issues with food, meant I was having crazy sleeping patterns, was always sad etc.

Around the start of this year, I was able to dig myself out of it a bit and it got even better once the spring semester of college was over. Objectively, I've had a good 5 or so months and an OK 2 months before that. But as of the last couple of weeks and especially this week, I feel like I'm beginning to slip backwards again.

College has started back for my 4th year and that's a place I associate with a lot of sadness and negativity. It's really not a place that I have thrived in, I've felt so lonely the whole time. I think going back at the start of this week has really affected me, I've just felt like crying most of the time. I also think the two weeks or so of the UK being in mourning for the Queen was also negative because the atmosphere just felt very grey and bleak which affected my mood and also meant that there was nothing on TV or radio that could be decent escapism from my problems. And I've noticed that my eating and sleeping is beginning to go out of the window again, I'm having consistent mood swings and in general, I'm just feeling a mix of apathy and sadness.

Does this sound like depression? Not really sure what to do now.