I'm lacking motivation these days...could it be that im depressed?!
Question: heres the thing..im a 20something college graduate who has been jobless a couple of months now. I graduated last june..and worked a few months after that. I quit my job as a ta, because i did not like it. Now im jobless..and i got bills to pay. (car and fone payment). I live with parents so they help me with tthe bills. Dont think bad..ive always worked to pay my bills. I know i my bills to pay, and i feel bad for having my parents helping me out, but i dont do anything to find a job. I don't work out anymore,i've gained a few pounds. I go out once in a while. Have no bf...my life has just been on pause and i dont know why. What the hells wrong with me??? am i depressed or just plain lazy...i lack motivation.
Answers: heres the thing..im a 20something college graduate who has been jobless a couple of months now. I graduated last june..and worked a few months after that. I quit my job as a ta, because i did not like it. Now im jobless..and i got bills to pay. (car and fone payment). I live with parents so they help me with tthe bills. Dont think bad..ive always worked to pay my bills. I know i my bills to pay, and i feel bad for having my parents helping me out, but i dont do anything to find a job. I don't work out anymore,i've gained a few pounds. I go out once in a while. Have no bf...my life has just been on pause and i dont know why. What the hells wrong with me??? am i depressed or just plain lazy...i lack motivation.
Alot of people go through this when they get out of college. Your whole entire life there was no question about what you were going to be doing most of the time. SCHOOL. Like it or not. So when you finish it alot of times people go through this stage of not really knowing what to do with themselves. You need to find a hobby. Going to the gym is great but you do that because you have to to look good, working is good , but again you have to do it to make money. what you need is something in your life that you do just for the hell of it because it makes you happy. In my experience at least, it takes something selfish to remind you it's worth investing the time in all that other stuff that isn't so fun.
i'm the same as u except i'm a guy and i've been like that for two years and i have an anxiety problem which is why i think i didn't want to get a job. so now i'm see a psychologist and trying out medications for anxiety. it could be depression or anxiety although u don't seem to be a nervous person like i am. if u want to talk online on aim my screename is TheBTPYoda. hang in there.
I'm not a doctor, but the symptoms you're listed are classic: You're what's known as "clinically depressed".
Go to your doctor. NOW. He/She CAN help.
It certainly could be depression - those are classic symptoms. Best to see the doc and go through a professional evaluation.