It just feels all wrong.

I don't know whats wrong with me, I'm always depressed and I feel as if there is something I am missing in life. I have not been 'really happy' since I was a kid. I miss the feeling and I want it back. :(

what is wrong with me...

You probably have too many responsibilaties...living the life your inner child does not want

You probably have too many responsibilaties...living the life your inner child does not want

Sounds about right, but how do I get out of my mental hole? :(

A good night of drinking, acting like a fool, getting everything you want in that day. Pretty much take a day off from everything and just go back to a childs life of carelessness fun!

I have been drinking, but I dont want to drink because I hate the way I feel... thats like setting myself up to be an alcoholic.

As for partying with friends... yeah its fun and all, but I need one huge release because my whole life has been hills and dips.

I would just like to get away, but I cant. Feels like everyone needs me and I don't need them.

I need to turn away from my life and start over, I really feel like I need to start over.

Go see a doctor. You might suffer from depression.

Otherwise, learn to get over it. To wax simply, life is what it is. You get no special dispensation. Life isn't fair. You have the choice of dealing with it and enjoy the good and don't fret to long on the bad.

sounds like you need to go find yourself a g/f unless sam is short for samantha in which case you need to find yourself a b/f

All of you are right in some way. Yogs, I have been trying to cure myself in some way because there are things I just cannot tell if my life depended on it.

And yes, I do need a g/f, but I havn't found anyone I could love. Most of the girls I could have had I pushed away because I had no feelings for them relentless of what my friends say about how 'hot they are'... I disgress...

How bout you take a week vacation....then go away (out of town or country) and see the life your not used to being around.
Helps when you feel like your lifes a routine

Sounds like a great idea actually.. thank you everyone who contributed to this thread so far. I just needed some other thoughts..

we're all hear to help
:thumbsup:

Prozac, for sure.

Buddy just take a holiday and find someone to spend some quality time with, it doesnt have to be a g/f but if your anything like me it helps if its with a woman.

And remember, there is always someone who has it worse than you.

For example you say you have friends...

Ho hum...

Man...I'm going to give you some pity rep. points because this is the 2nd or 3d time you've mentioned a lack of friends... :biggrin: But it could be worse- you could have MY friends. :lol:

Man...I'm going to give you some pity rep. points because this is the 2nd or 3d time you've mentioned a lack of friends... :biggrin: But it could be worse- you could have MY friends. :lol:

LMAO! You mean you were actully paying attention? Holy shit that's a first!

Even though it's true it was just my half-arsed attempt at being helpful but whatever. ;)

LMAO! You mean you were actully paying attention?

What?! Who the hell are you?! :biggrin:

Prozac, for sure.
A few years ago, I felt this way, alternating between sad and angry a lot of the time. I saw a shrink and after a few sessions, he put me on Paxil.
It was like putting on an emotional suit of armour. Nothing bothered me anymore. I was calm, stable and much more able to focus on the things in my life. After 9 months, I stopped taking it, but most of the benefits of the stuff has stayed with me. Its like I was adjusted, just a bit, into a better person.
Go see someone for help and get a medical opinion.

Any over the counter drugs that will work? Or would I need a perscription?

OK, looks like I won't be taking Paxil any time soon... sorry... :(
http://www.paxil-side-effects-lawsuits.com/

Edit: I have looked up a lot of anti-depresent drugs and all of them have serious side effects...

Mdma

Do something you love. I feel down in the whole sometimes, like I hate the world but a day of welding can fix that for me. Yes, that sounds stupid but it helps.

Dont worry about love yet, loves a crazy thing. Half the time it will stab you in the back with a rusty piece of iron. I speak from experience. Just chill, go have a few drinks with a girl and see what it comes too.

Your doing what you love and you made a career out of it... what more could you ask for? I use to weld a bit myself. I mostly learned how to get a sunburn and light myself on fire... oh yeah, and weld classroom doors together. :lol2:

I'm kind of depressed about being unemployed right now because I can't work on what I love if I can't buy it first. :(

Tomorrow I go and apply for a job at Napa auto parts or Kragen. I really really hope I get to work at Napa auto parts.

Let me know how that hot rod turns out, I'm interested..

I have been thinking hard about the anti-depresent pills for some time now and I feel like I need to do something for myself because I cannot live this way anymore. Its getting in the way of my life, my sleep and my friends.

I'm going to talk with my doctor as soon as I can about this.

But for now I am going to get wasted so I can have a chance to get some sleep tonight...

:lol2: Good man :thumbsup:
Just drink responsibly, have fun and your doing the right thing for seeking professional help

I have been thinking hard about the anti-depresent pills for some time now and I feel like I need to do something for myself because I cannot live this way anymore. Its getting in the way of my life, my sleep and my friends.

I'm going to talk with my doctor as soon as I can about this.

But for now I am going to get wasted so I can have a chance to get some sleep tonight...
I think at one time or another, everyone feels this way. I get frustrated because I blew my chance at a more or less free education, I'm short, I'm losing some fuc&*^ hair, life kind of sucks. But, I figured I would concentrate on paying off my debts, and I would think about my long term goals. Make some goals, pursue them like your life depended on it. Think of nothing but what you want to get done, think about it night and day. Make it the reason you wake up everyday. I think you will find it helps to block out everything else.

Paxil almost killed my dad. It made his blood pressure shoot through the roof. The doctor said his heart would have stopped if he wouldn't have come in when he did. That stuff is seriously nasty

Sorry to hear about the way you feel. it sounds like you're stuck in a routine with no desirable end in sight, if any at all. Once you break that routine though, things usually get better. Try taking up a new hobby where you can meet some new people.

If anti-depressants are an option, I think St John's Wort can be bought over the counter. I hear it works fairly well.

Anyways, good luck on getting a job! I hope things work out for you.

Sorry to hear about the way you feel. it sounds like you're stuck in a routine with no desirable end in sight, if any at all. Once you break that routine though, things usually get better. Try taking up a new hobby where you can meet some new people.

If anti-depressants are an option, I think St John's Wort can be bought over the counter. I hear it works fairly well.

Anyways, good luck on getting a job! I hope things work out for you.

Thank you Sean for that comment. We actually had that stuff already but I didn't know until I mentioned it to my mother. I also bought sleeping pills the other day, so I'm armed and ready to change my old habbits and lifestyle. I did a read-up on this stuff and it was said to treat mild depression which is what I believe I have.

Thank you EVERYONE for giving me some helpful advice and nice comments... I greatly appreciate all that has been said concerning this matter and I hope I get the chance to return some helpful advice as well.

-Sam

Mdma

And I'm sure he'll feel great the next morning :lol: :grinno:

I have felt the same way many MANY times. What you need to do is step back from everything. breathe, relax. and just look at things from a different perspective. You don't want to be on antidepressants. I have met many people who are on them and its not pleasant. Even if it does take away the feeling of sadness and lonelyness, when you find happiness, you wont feel that either. Zoloft, paxil, prozac, zyprexa ect...none of that will truely help you. Exaust all options first. Go and speak with a doctor, see what he has to say. If on the first time he sees you, he recommends to write you a perscription. THen you need to go see another doctor. I think that all to often people are put on anti-depressants for the wrong reasons. You are a smart, enthusiastic and YOUNG man, you do not want to numb to the world. Trust me, some of those feelings that you'll miss, in the future when you're doing better, you'll wish that you had felt it. Even if it was sadness, lonliness, or helplessness, you'll want to have felt that b/c that is what makes you a better person. YOu have to learn to over come these things. And yes, you may need help, but you do not need chemical help. You just need to talk to someone and get a different perspective on life and get stuff figured out. YOu are to young to be chemical dependent.

I have felt the same way many MANY times. What you need to do is step back from everything. breathe, relax. and just look at things from a different perspective. You don't want to be on antidepressants. I have met many people who are on them and its not pleasant. Even if it does take away the feeling of sadness and lonelyness, when you find happiness, you wont feel that either. Zoloft, paxil, prozac, zyprexa ect...none of that will truely help you. Exaust all options first. Go and speak with a doctor, see what he has to say. If on the first time he sees you, he recommends to write you a perscription. THen you need to go see another doctor. I think that all to often people are put on anti-depressants for the wrong reasons. You are a smart, enthusiastic and YOUNG man, you do not want to numb to the world. Trust me, some of those feelings that you'll miss, in the future when you're doing better, you'll wish that you had felt it. Even if it was sadness, lonliness, or helplessness, you'll want to have felt that b/c that is what makes you a better person. YOu have to learn to over come these things. And yes, you may need help, but you do not need chemical help. You just need to talk to someone and get a different perspective on life and get stuff figured out. YOu are to young to be chemical dependent.

Hmmm....this is good, supportive advice, but I would hesitate to dismiss the 'chemical help' so quickly.

Sure, since the various seritonin reuptake inhibitors (Prozac et.al.) were the most commonly written perscription for a while (until Viagara) I expect there are a lot of people taking them who didn't really need them.

However, if one can find a really good doctor, who is willing to take the time to truly help, the right perscription would be a good thing.

The idea is not to take an anti depressant indefinitely. One takes it for a while. It will have an effect which allows one to cope better. Over time, one can stop the drug and (hopefully) the experience one learns by coping will remain. Sure this does not work with many people, but it (Paxil) worked for me.

I most sincerely mean this: if it was not for Paxil, I would not be alive today.

Hmmm....this is good, supportive advice, but I would hesitate to dismiss the 'chemical help' so quickly.

Sure, since the various seritonin reuptake inhibitors (Prozac et.al.) were the most commonly written perscription for a while (until Viagara) I expect there are a lot of people taking them who didn't really need them.

However, if one can find a really good doctor, who is willing to take the time to truly help, the right perscription would be a good thing.

The idea is not to take an anti depressant indefinitely. One takes it for a while. It will have an effect which allows one to cope better. Over time, one can stop the drug and (hopefully) the experience one learns by coping will remain. Sure this does not work with many people, but it (Paxil) worked for me.

I most sincerely mean this: if it was not for Paxil, I would not be alive today.

I do not mean to dismiss it so quickly. I do believe that it can help, if you have other sources of help also. I just think that some people become to dependent on it sometimes. From what I have read and heard people say, they just dismiss the idea of getting real psychological now-a-days due to the fact that there are so many options of antidepressants. I know that they can really help you get through a "rough patch" but personally i'd say talk to someone first. Like I said...if on the first visit the dr says heres a 'script, then talk to someone else and if they feel the same way, then yes, maybe there is a serious enough problem to warrent it, but if the other dr says, lets talk ab this and well see how you are next time, then i'd say, that's the right idea. get what i'm saying?

I do not mean to dismiss it so quickly. I do believe that it can help, if you have other sources of help also. I just think that some people become to dependent on it sometimes. From what I have read and heard people say, they just dismiss the idea of getting real psychological now-a-days due to the fact that there are so many options of antidepressants. I know that they can really help you get through a "rough patch" but personally i'd say talk to someone first. Like I said...if on the first visit the dr says heres a 'script, then talk to someone else and if they feel the same way, then yes, maybe there is a serious enough problem to warrent it, but if the other dr says, lets talk ab this and well see how you are next time, then i'd say, that's the right idea. get what i'm saying?
Of course, you are correct. I hate to be picky, but I was more addressing your one point as follows:

"Zoloft, paxil, prozac, zyprexa ect...none of that will truely help you"

Many doctors throw perscriptions around too easily, whether its for Prozac, Valium or Ritalin.
Of course, many do that because the demand is there. Many patients feel they are not getting proper medical help unless they get a perscription for what ails them, whether its a cold remedy, anti biotic, etc. Many patients demand the drugs; the doctors are just providing the service the patients want, (misguided it may be)