Current Events > I am extremely depressed. I don't know what to do.

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I feel like my body and mind are deteriorating. Im losing the energy and motivation to do anything.

Im at work and took my lunch break an hour into my shift because I just cant bring myself to do much

Thinking about quitting, citing health, and trying for unemployment insurance. Maybe if Im lucky, Ill be able to get over this before I get another job. (If eligible, Id be required to apply to three or four jobs per week. Might take a while, who knows)

I dont know.

No point to this topic. Just venting.
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Depression is an illness. Illnesses require treatment from a medical professional. Go and seek it.

The best way to deal with depression is to drink until you forget.
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ArchiePeck posted...

Depression is an illness. Illnesses require treatment from a medical professional. Go and seek it.

I actually did. I have a counselor appointment coming up in addition to my psychiatrist.

Every time I see a counselor it doesnt help. I dont know why, but none have made me feel any better, and none have told me anything I didnt already know or think of. Im going again out of sheer desperation though.
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Well some depressions are mental. Some are a physical chemical imbalance that you need prescription to balance out. Maybe you're the second case.
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yillin posted...

Well some depressions are mental. Some are a physical chemical imbalance that you need prescription to balance out. Maybe you're the second case.

I've never heard of 'physical depression'
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Btw taking a lunch break early into the shift sounds good right about now. Because boy am I hungry
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Are you not liking your job? Is that a source of your depression? Are you depressed because of anything particular? Or you are just depressed even though things are going great for you?
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a-c-a-b posted...

The best way to deal with depression is to drink until you forget.

Not even funny as a joke.
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Houston posted...

Are you not liking your job? Is that a source of your depression? Are you depressed because of anything particular? Or you are just depressed even though things are going great for you?

Its a couple of factors, but the unifying theme is that nothing I can do helps me accomplish what I need to be able to do. Multiple attempts to better my position are met with failure. And my physical and mental health slow what progress there is to an unbearably painful pace, to the point that it seems Ill never get out of my current situation.

I do have a few good things though. And Im not in danger of destitution or anything. But it all seems so hopeless.
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I felt this way for many years in my early 20s. Had a depressing, thankless job. Lived at home. Barely any friends, they were miserable too.

Life gets better man. Day by day you just gotta find something that can put a smile on your face. I know that's easy at this point in your life. I failed that many days during my worst. But there is a brighter future for you.