okay, you made an accomplishment....you joined a support group to hel pyou when you're having a tough time.....and you posted b/c you're going through a sifficult time.....i know how you feel..... a lot of the time i feel like i've failed at a lot of things......but you DID NOT fail at lot of things......talk to me if you need to!!!!

if you feel nothing you have depression.jobs ,money ,home boats.cars .you still won't feel happy if your depressed.it's a chemical in balance that makes you feel nothing .i'm a med guy i won't lie i just kept on trying new ones till i found one that worked .

After being so severely depressed for 6 years, I forgot what it felt like to be "Happy". I know how silly that sounds, but it's true.
I couldn't remember how wonderful it felt to experiencing true "Joy".
It just hit me one day..........."I AM HAPPY!!!!!!!!"

(((((((HUGS))))))) To You From Me :-)

I agree with dave. Pretty sure its depression your feeling. It consumes everything, at least for me it does. I'm not where nothing makes me happy, but there are very few things that do anymore. Fortunately the few things that do, when I do them it keeps my depression thoughts away, but as soon as I stop, they come back.

These things may not help you, but they help me, and if they don't find what you do like or used to like and do that activity as much as you need too.

For me I listen to music, I write alot, I do graphic art, or original drawing/art works too, I watch sports, I play basketball, I watch a good movie, I play video games.

I find these activities that I enjoy give me a reason to enjoy life outside of making a living, and some are so fast pace I don't really think while I'm doing them, except thinking of that activity.

Just remember you can never fail as long as you try and try and try some more. And problems come and go and are usually temporary and can be fixed or at least made better. Hope that made sense and helps. Take care.

thanks for the comments...i hope i can work through this crap... compared to others, i really have nothing to be unhappy about...yet i am very unhappy...

im gonna go to sleep now after spending all day watching tv...and i'm going to TRY to go to work tomorrow...i really need to go before i lose my job again....but of course it all depends on how i feel...and i'm pretty sure i will feel like crap!!!!

omg. your not alone i feel like that ever min.of my life.the only thing that keeps me going is my kids.iam here if you need to talk to someone that feels the same way

I can relate to what you're feeling, everyday I wake up and I will lie in bed until I bring myself down because that's the only way I can starrods my day. why? I don't know, always wondered why I can't accept happiness in life, and to be honest what exactly is happiness?

You know....I struggle with this same problem....Even if I look like I'm happy...It's just a mask...I just don't know anymore....

UGH!!!!!

well needless to say, i didn't go to work yesterday...and i ain't going to work today....money just doesn't do it for me...i think it depresses me more than anything else...yesterday, i spent the majority of the day sleeping...and when i wasn't sleeping i was watching tv...anything to get out of the thoughts in my mind...my brain keeps telling me that i have to work...but my heart or something else...just won't let me...i'm thinking that i am going to email my supervisor and just let her know that i am going to take a break from school and work this summer...and maybe, just maybe a break from work next year...since i went back to school i have thought it necessary to work even if it is part-time...but now i think that that is my downfall...my schooling is everything to me and i think i m allowing work/money to get in the way of that...and i think that is why i am so depressed/tired...i just don't know...i do know that the happiest i've been is when i've had absolutely no money...money just makes me miserable...although it is a necessary evil...i realize that...it's just not that necessary to me?
i don't know...i really don't know what else to do? ugh!

-DepressedRecluse-

Are you getting any help for your depression? After going through eight months of profound unhappiness that culminated in a nervous breakdown and three weeks in a psychiatric ward, I was blessed with a gifted psychiatrist who put me on a combination of meds that has really changed my life. I'm not happy all the time, and there are still struggles and concerns - particularly about money - but I am able to see the beauty in the world again, and have moments of joy throughout the day. I never thought I would feel this way again. - I am so sorry for your suffering, and do hope that if you aren't getting any help, you do so soon. I will think positively for you, and also say a prayer that your suffering ends soon. I've been there, and I know how you feel. No one who has not had depression can understand. Hang in there.

You will get through this. Just take it one day at a time. If you can, try to think of one thing you would like to do for you. For me, depending on the day, it's journaling, painting, quilting, walking with my dog, working out, or even just giving myself the ability to cry and feel some of the emotions I shut off. The tough part for me is that I'll do these things and get to a place of feeling good, get too confident, then boom the depression hits again. Be patient and forgiving with yourself. Treat yourself the way you would treat a good friend going through the same thing.

For me, I've noticed that I feel that way when I have a suppressed desire that I am not able to fulfill in my life right then. Maybe you don't feel challenged? I know my feelings of depression intensify when I feel like "everything's boring" and my dreams feel unreachable. I would recommend examining if you have any feelings like that and then find small ways to move towards those goals over the long term. Not sure if this applies to you, but while writing it I realized it does apply to me right now lol

i know what you're talking about Refurbished...i have one main goal and when i am wholeheartedly working on it....i am fine...most of the time...this semester was unusually difficult...i was depressed when it started and severely depressed when it ended less than a week ago...that and other things in my life is what made me decide to take this 3 month break from working on the goal...but i do miss it and it does tend to keep me depressed...along with the other problems i have...i guess i'll just try work through this so that when i do go back to school in august...i'll be able to concentrate on my goal and on that alone...because all this other crap is just interfering with that goal...ugh...one day at a time...one day at a time...for the next 90 days!!!!