The Depression thread

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highwaystar101 said:

I become depressed quite easily and it causes me to lose motivation and confidence (although I try hard not to show it, but some people still see through it).

Luckily my girlfriend is a doctor and going into psychiatry. She's very good at putting things into perspective and saying the right thing. I try not to take advantage of her in this way though.

My problem is that good things don't affect my mood for very long, but bad things affect my mood for days/weeks/months. Bad memory retention is what makes me sad. The thing is, the worst things in my life are so small they would barely register on most people's 'emotional radars', I'm just good at blowing them out of proportion and dwelling on them.

All I can say is, you're not alone mate, I suffer from the same "problem", have for most of my life.

Things that also depress me:

The place where I used to work was robbed a few days ago, this isn't the thing that bothers me though, it's how it'll affect the young female employees that were present what's nagging me, apperantly one is having a difficult time dealing with it.

How I've basically squandered my life away for the past 6 years since graduating, looking back there's so many things that I could've done better if only I wasn't so unmotivated and plain lazy.

And well, trying to get into a relationship is also something I'm extremely bad at, I get shy, am poor at showing my emotions, etc...