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I Think You Must Be Depressed To Understand Depression

1.I'm fat and look disgusting

2. I'm different from my family.

3. I hate living at home but my job doesn't pay enough to afford anywhere else.

4. I am struggling to learn how to drive, I've had 3 lessons and I'm not making progress.

5. I declared a mental health day today to help me cope with this crap

6. I have THE CPA exam to sit in late August and I haven't been studying

7. I feel useless and purposeless at my job.

8. I hate than I'm 25 soon and haven't ever had a long term relationship with a guy.

9. I don't get along well with my other siblings.

10. I have lost interest in hanging out and doing the things I once enjoyed.

11. I am questioning the "friends" I have at work.

12. I don't have good male role models around.

13. I sometimes go outta my way to make others feel good and welcomed because I know what it's like to feel like ostracized.

14. I feel like I'll never be successful enough to repay my mom for everything she's ever done for me and its killing me.
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greenmountaingal · 70-79, F
You've got a lot on your plate. You are under a lot of stress. Pick the most important problem and work on that. Remember the old Quaker saying for getting through difficult times: "Do ye now next thing."

You sound like you are doing the best you can. Give yourself credit for what you are doing instead of worrying about what you are not handling well.

You sound intelligent and caring. Hang in there and you will eventually overcome at least some of this.

One more comment: It took me 18 lessons to learn to drive. That was back in 1960. I still drive and have an excellent driving record. Also, I have flunked and gotten low scores on many an exam or had to take a class over here and there and I have four college degrees.

Struggling with things does not mean you are a loser; quite the contrary.
Alifeinterrupted · 26-30, F
@greenmountaingal thanks for saying all this. Truly means a lot.