Why am I so depressed if my life is great?!


Question: Why am I so depressed if my life is great?
I'm 25 years old, I am in my 2nd year of college with honors, I have no job, haven't had a stable job in 3 years, I had applied all over my county for a job and found nothing, my friends are jerks, but that doesn't bother me. I have the most beautiful, charming, warm, wonderful woman I could ever want who loves me dearly and would do anything for me. Yet I feel unworthy of her love, I feel a giant void within myself, even though she fills me up. I'm planning on asking her to marry me when we go on our trip to Argentina in a week, but I need to get over this great sadness within me. I stay up until 6AM just about every night watching my girlfriend sleep, worrying about her dying or me dying, and me or her are out of reach for eternity, stuck in different worlds. These "death" dreams happen with my family members too. (I had my first one when I was 12 and we, my immediate family, butchered pigs a few days before my dream. In my dream, we had my new step-dad hanging upside-down, butchered. I woke up crying and sad)
I also think of all the sadness I've encountered in my life: moving away and leaving friends behind, picking on the nerd in class and feeling his discomfort, not visiting relatives enough (I curse myself for doing it, but I avoid family get-togethers), etc.
I know a lot of people will say "get a job or a career," "go see a doctor," or "get out of the house more" and they're right. But I've been depressed for the past 13+ years, I've seen psychiatrists and taken Zoloft. I guess what I'm asking is what is an effective way to manage this feeling or what treatments would someone recommend who's been here in my position. Maybe I'm writing this because I need to get it out; I hate feeling this way for so long.

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I'm gonna say the same thing I said to the last dude.
life does not have to be the way everyone says it has to be. live like you dont know what the hell you are doing and be ******** spontaneous. if someone asks you to do something DO IT because you never know it could be the funnest day you have had in a long time.

Don't let it overcome you look ahead of you and try your best to do what needs to be done. Once in a while relax and treat yourself to a bubble bath (not as gay as it sounds) and make your favorite dish for dinner. watch your favorite tv show/movie. light candles. any of these things are self medicating and in a good way, i get bad dreams too. get this wonderful girl of yours to help relax you as well. ask her to talk to you or whisper to you while you guys are laying in bed. get her to give you a massage, or play with your hair. That usually soothes me when my boy does that for me.

"Don't worry about a thing, because every little thing, is gonna be alright."



Look to god for the answer.

No,I'm kidding.You better find a way to get over your insecurities,or that beautiful charming woman is going to leave you hanging.

Go smoke a fat doobie,you may think of something.



Let go



:C i'm sorry your so sad Chris. I have a few things I do when I get depressed, some might work for you :)

Though my iTouch is gonna die, & I don't wanna just leave you all sad D: if you want, email me? I can try helping, or just listen to what you have to say. Sometimes all ya need is someone to listen & not judge you :)

My email is ZombiesEatLeah@yahoo.com, feel free to email me whenever :)

I've been there a bit :/



A couple months ago I felt the exact same. I felt that no matter what I did there seemed to be no meaning. I was like this for weeks until I just laid down and thought very hard what was making me feel worthless. A lot happened to me that fueled my depression, but what I believe to be the major source was I wasnt doing anything that pleased me. I think the reason you fear death so much isn't three fact that you may die but realizing that you may die not accomplishing a dream. I suggest taking some time to think about what matter in life to you and a goal you wana achieve than make it possible. Wish you the best of luck.

Personal exp.



Depression is a disorder or it is cause by stress you have a disorder I have this issue I LOVE my life but I still get depressed I also have anxiety disorder that makes it worse! I have moderate depression so when I am depressed I sleep, cry for no reason or watch TV for days or not sleep so I am not thinking of jumping of a bridge lol.

Try taking a different medication and talk to a therapist again, and talk to someone 1 or 2 times a week




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