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Originally Posted by DrMartinRussell  This could be the core of the depression right there.
Have you explored "where you want to be", and not just in a get up in the morning, eat breakfast, go to the gym, feel happy type of way.
If your life is truely not what you wanted then you are badly off track and maybe depression is the correct response.
BTW - nice point about not being bipolar ellie.
Philipp, be careful of labels. If you're uncertain you might just want to use "life crisis" for the time being. It's appropriately dramatic, but psychiatrically meaningless :-) |
I get your point. Of course I can`t say wether this is an reactive depression or an actual illness. The thing that has confused me during the last weeks was that the physical effects (insomnia, lack of concentration ,exhaustion) got drastically worse from literally one day to the other. The thing is, I´ve already set goals that inspire me (the main one finishing a movie I started directing over a year ago.. I`ve also changed my major in college wich was motivating for me) but my permanent weariness and demotivation prevent me from achieving them. I`ve read tons of self-help books, blogs etc. and I`ve thought about where I want to be pretty hard and long. I just rarely do anything because I am so exhausted and apathetically all the time.
Anyway, I finally saw a doctor today. His assumption was depression, too.
He suggested therapy and gave me a referral to see a psychologist. He also prescribed me St. John`s Wort and suggested to eat more foods that contain serotonin.
I have a good feeling with this. I think it will help me to talk with someone and see if any restrained issues are holding me back.
My main goal right now is to overthink virtually all areas of my live because I really don´t want to live like this any longer. It really helps to have an "enemy" (depression or however you want to call it) to fight and see this as a challenge
