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Originally Posted by PenisFace
Yay! It's the middle of summer and another wonderful wave of depression is hitting me like a ton of bricks. I tell myself, go to the gym, work your ass off, you'll feel great! But I'm to sad to go 
Why am I sad? There is no reason. Isn't life grand?
Why do some people get away so easy mentally, they have no qualms about talking in a huge group, are always happy (or at least come across as being so), and come across as such positive people. I do my best to be positive, I really do. Then the depression slowly creeps back in and suddenly, everything is negative again.
Why!? |
Don't listen to MetaDork, and it isn't a chemical imbalance thing that you can fix with drugs either. I do admit drugs are fun, and can make you feel better, but ultimately they won't fix the problem forever especially if you ever want to stop taking the drugs.
You are obviously not completely satisfied with your life. It isn't exciting enough to keep you busy and from falling into sadness. I understand this from experience, and it makes life really difficult.
I think people who have a tendency to be depressed really need more action in their life. It can be really, really easy to fall into a routine and just accept your life as it is, telling yourself you are happy and okay. Don't let complacency get to you, you have to keep moving or you'll grow roots and dust will settle, and you'll get depressed.
Working out can help, but honestly if you have issues with "manic" depression swings you just have to find something more in your life to fill those gaps and you will be unable to fall into the "lows." I've learned this the hard way, from much experience.
A long distance move can help tremendously, traveling to other countries or a good old road trip.
I also don't know if you have kids. If not, good! I see SO many young (early 20's) people having kids these days, then they have to work these shitty jobs because they have no college education or work experience and end up partying on the weekend because they are so miserable and that is all there is to do. Its an ugly cycle they fall into and once you have kids you have to provide for them and can really be stuck in life, thinking your kids are so awesome but really you're pretty miserable. Don't have kids before 35.
Good luck. It can take years to figure out what you need to do to make yourself happy. Then people will give you a hard time when you give out good advice like this because they're still miserable pieces of shit (cue MetaLoser).