I'm just generally depressed.

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I can't find a job, all my friends are just about gone because their off doing important things. Everyone seems to have a car except me. Every single day, I go out into public feeling self-conscious and somehow humiliated. I feel like I wanna stay in my room forever. Every single day, I wonder where my life is going and what will happen to me in the future. I feel like a helpless child in a young adults body with no where to go and nobody to help him. I don't know why I feel this way but it's a horrible feeling. I feel like I'm going to be this way my entire life and I have no idea what to do about it. Does anyone have any advice?

Hmm, thats odd, I'm in the exact same position as you, as well as some other really horrible bad stuff, but I am generally not depressed. I get really really depressed sometimes but for the most part I am feeling just fine.
Maybe you just need to keep busy like I do, as long as I am busy with a videogame or a project of some sort and listening to music or watching the TV, nothing can get me down.

Neko, would an antidepressant help? I take Celexa for depression AND social anxiety and it gets rid of almost all of the social anxiety. As for the depression, I was in the sewer and it brought me out of the pipes. Sometimes I'm still in the toilet, but that's due to my lifestyle. (I LOVE using that analogy! This is the third time today I've used it!) Sometimes now I can see the sky outside the bathroom... big improvement!

This ain't the Matrix, pills don't solve everything!
Listen nekoguy, avoid "medication" at all costs!

Yes this is true, you cant solve all your problems from taking pills. You just need to find what makes you happy.

I meant that if you're really depressed and can't wait that long, ADs might be something that can keep you in the meantime until you find what makes you happy.

How are you gonna find what makes you happy when you are on crack?

Just a tiny little bit of crack (aka Ritalin) or rather, not even, maybe just an antidepressant... those aren't stimulants... they don't make you high; they just prevent you from getting too low.

You need to be in the right state of mind if you wanna get better.
Just a little bit of dope is enough to prevent that from happening.

Or just a little bit of dope is enough to help it happen. Depends on the person.

The only way being doped up helps is when you go clean and fully appreciate what its like to be off drugs.

Nekoguy -Could you look at doing some kind of voluteer work - or perhaps some study. This may help with your low mood.

Nekoguy, the disagreement about medication for & against can get very longwinded. The two superstars (hate using that term) of the autistic world Donna Williams & Temple Grandin take a small dose of anti-depressant as it has a very positive effect on dampening down the hyper-arousal of their nervous system.

I found reading Temple & Donna's lives stories very inspiring.

Arguments about for or against medication are unhelpful at times like this (they often remind me of Christians fighting over scripture) However, I would point out that many people with depression who are not on prescribed meds, more often than not self-medicate themselves in ways that are by far more harmful than a small dose of ssri, that can give a person a quality of life.

I love the analogy Ana, nice to hear you again and wishing you all well here, from a misty London.

Dont even think about medicating yourself.
You feel that way because your life is bad and until you do something worthwile you will never get better. Take it from someone who been battling these g-dd-mn things for two years now. pills solve nothing.

if you feel really blue consider therapy cbt is the best or maybe naturapathy.
omega-3's and b vitamins are natural antidepressants