anxiety and depression...desperate?!


Question: Anxiety and depression...desperate?
i am 25 and have struggled with anxiety and depression for as long as i can remember. its not going away. counselors are not helping. i cannot do things for myself. i cannot make friends. i cannot date or talk to girls. i cannot better myself in any way. i have no mental stamina or confidence. i dont know how to get any of these things...no matter how much i force myself. i have thoughts of death. i feel like i am in an inescapable prison. i jsut created a facebook page and aded a bunch of random people so i'd have someone to talk to. thats how bad this is...

for the first time in my life i am truly scared i am going to die this way.....a wasted life

Answers:

Thinking about how useless your life is doesn’t really help, I’m feeling useless and the problem is how old I am right now, before i used to think things would change.. Now I realize I must change my attitude, my life wont just change overnight.. It’s really hard but you just have to change.
Focus on your goals.
There’s something you're living for right now
try to be good at it.
In facebook you're not directly talking with people (face to face) so that helps.
You probably have social anxiety
the best thing to do is exposing yourself (slowly of course) no matter how bad that sounds.
I think finding hobbies and going out is the best way to feel better, the problem is if you find people, in my case I keep conversations short for now and I don’t talk about topics which could lead to emotional responses just regular topics nothing really important.
I think you should find a different counselor if the one you're seeing isn’t helping
even though its clearly something you must do on your own mostly
about your last line
think about it this way
if you were to die why would it matter?
Your life won’t be wasted if you think everyday could be your last.



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