Re:Ask HN: Depression, Loss of Motivation, Feeling Lost. Pl...
by lowprofile on Wednesday March 30, 2011 @05:45PM
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I know you will get through this. I did.
I became chronically depressed when I was 15. I was hospitalized between my first and second year of college.
What got me through it? Friends and a focus on school. Having a goal was huge, I also had a job that I HAD to go to.
Also don't be afraid of medication, for short-term it can help, used to stabilized so you can get your habits going that will organically help your depression.
At the end, even though I still suffer from it. I manage it. I finished college, did grad school. I am married, have a family and have been part of two successful ventures.
I became chronically depressed when I was 15. I was hospitalized between my first and second year of college.
What got me through it? Friends and a focus on school. Having a goal was huge, I also had a job that I HAD to go to.
Also don't be afraid of medication, for short-term it can help, used to stabilized so you can get your habits going that will organically help your depression.
At the end, even though I still suffer from it. I manage it. I finished college, did grad school. I am married, have a family and have been part of two successful ventures.
You will get through it!