Wanting to give up and stop trying

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What do you do when you just want to give up on everything and just stop trying? No longer try to take care of yourself, no longer bother doing the things like making sure you eat anything healthy, or even get out of bed.

I'm really trying to not fall into this trap, its incredibly close and I'm fighting to stay away from it. I've been obsessing lately about getting a weighted blanket, because I know I'm the type of person that'd help and focusing on something that'll help is keeping me from giving up, but now I'm needing to wait for a phone call that'll take up to a week to get now before I can pursue that any further.

I'm scared. I don't want to stop taking care of myself, I lose all the progress I've made on getting over my depression when that occurs. But I don't know how to stop it from coming when so much disappointment is surrounding me.

I used to want to give up. I almost did and threw my life away like it was nothing. For some reason, you feel like you are not worth investing in. This indicates low self-esteem.



It might seem very silly to say but doing something simple like dancing, making jokes, having a hobby, and eating some food can help starve off depression. Having a higher self-worth by volunteering or simply helping other people out also gives you "happy chemicals" which help you. You could take anti-depressants too if you are not already.

But pills do not help you alone. They only make depression bearable. It doesn't get rid of it.

Depression is sad because once you get into it, it is hard to get out. It's not impossible though. Let me know if this helps.