How do I get out of acute depression? You think life is a zero sum game?!
Question: How do I get out of acute depression!? You think life is a zero sum game!?
I am in kind of a fix!. I am getting older !.!. I am 24 now and still living in a box!. I chose a career in math when I was in high school because I liked it so much and I still do!. I will finish my PhD by the end of this school year!. I guess I am no longer a child!. Unfortunately, all the postdoc jobs that lie beyond are ridiculously poorly paid (40K around) and I will be very lucky even to get any postdoc job at all!. Hopefully, if I can get out of the postdocs in 5 yrs time(chances about 30%), I will be able to get a six yr probationary position for becoming a professor!. in short, the career plan long hard poorly paid and unlikely to ever succeed!.
At this point, my life seems to be going down the drain!. I am at a loss for ideas how to come out of this situation!. Do I hide my PhD maybe, show my BS degree and try to get some job!? I have to grow up, I need money, I need to find a future!. At this point I have lost control of my life and am facing depression!.I have never felt so hopeless before!.
My life to be seems like a string of extremely low paying, zero respect jobs and I seem to be in a continuous struggle to pay rent, buy food and clothes!. It feels like I have lived 24 years with nothing to show for it!. And it seems like it will stay that way!. At times, my only consolation seems to be "You are going to die anyway!.!.!. death brings you back to zero!.!.!. so why bother if you achieve nothing!?" And then there are times when I ask myself: "when so many others feel that life is worth living, there must be some truth to it"!.
I think there has to be a way out; or is life really miserable!? I have nothing to look back on; I had a horrible childhood, I have never been in love, I have no friends, I have no money and hardly a career!. There is nothing in my life that is a source of any joy!. Does it have to be like this!?
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At this point, my life seems to be going down the drain!. I am at a loss for ideas how to come out of this situation!. Do I hide my PhD maybe, show my BS degree and try to get some job!? I have to grow up, I need money, I need to find a future!. At this point I have lost control of my life and am facing depression!.I have never felt so hopeless before!.
My life to be seems like a string of extremely low paying, zero respect jobs and I seem to be in a continuous struggle to pay rent, buy food and clothes!. It feels like I have lived 24 years with nothing to show for it!. And it seems like it will stay that way!. At times, my only consolation seems to be "You are going to die anyway!.!.!. death brings you back to zero!.!.!. so why bother if you achieve nothing!?" And then there are times when I ask myself: "when so many others feel that life is worth living, there must be some truth to it"!.
I think there has to be a way out; or is life really miserable!? I have nothing to look back on; I had a horrible childhood, I have never been in love, I have no friends, I have no money and hardly a career!. There is nothing in my life that is a source of any joy!. Does it have to be like this!?
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Answers:
No, Tom, it does not have to be like this!. Your constant negative thoughts about your life are what is getting you down!. Why don't you consult a counsellor and get into cognitive behavioural therapy!? That way you'll learn to think logically and clearly about your life and see that these negative thoughts are not really the whole truth!.
Yes, your early life was unhappy, but you have an excellent brain and an excellent education, two things that most ppl in the world don't have!. There are many, many ways in which you can contribute to society and gain a sense of self-worth!.
Because you have been unhappy in the past does not mean you cannot be happy in the future!Www@Answer-Health@Com
Yes, your early life was unhappy, but you have an excellent brain and an excellent education, two things that most ppl in the world don't have!. There are many, many ways in which you can contribute to society and gain a sense of self-worth!.
Because you have been unhappy in the past does not mean you cannot be happy in the future!Www@Answer-Health@Com