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1115412 tn?1258778476

There is no reason to be sad, but I am very depressed?

So, I live a great life. My family loves me and we live in a beautiful community. I am surrounded by friends and I am great at sports. Modestly speaking I am above average-looking, tall and fit. I have ok grades and I have a promising future as a firefighter/paramedic. I love my family and friends, I have a great dog too... Under these circumstances  should be really happy... no? For some reason I cant help but feel depressed. The only thing that seems to help is taking a long walk with my dog or generally by myself... My relationship is great but long distance, I do visit her lots but I find my attitude is really shifty and Ill be jealous or upset very easily towards other guys.... she deserves alot better treatment than that. I might be the first Volunteer firefighter at my age. My career looks very positive and im a social magnet.... but the worry of the town not accepting my proposal for training worries me... School is extremely stressful and im not the best student and I am trying to graduate with great grades.... I barely drink, I dont smoke, or do drugs... football is my stress reliever and its over.... I cant find the motivation for any other sport right now.... I am soo tired all the time now too... I know I am done growing... but my body just wants to sleep forever..... and when I wake up I cant get out of bed... I'm just not happy... I dont think there is any reason for me to be sad, no justification... but I am depressed and I cry and everything...... I dont show anything to other people again, I have a great life and I know it, people know it but.... catch my drift? Why should I be sad.......

I just want to know how I can get rid of this yucky feeling.... ther than hitting people like football suggests
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874521 tn?1424116797
keep working on the motovation son...all the sports are a good outlet for you.
as for the 'school shrink'....if that didn't prove productive for you get a referal from your doctor (or him even) to another shrink or therapist.....don't give up because of the one less than ideal attempt....ok....keep on looking for answers this isn't the way you should be feeling....let us all know how you are coping.
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1115412 tn?1258778476
I have seen the school shrink, but it just seems to be a quick fix... I can say football was the only thing that drove it completely away. I am not a hard core fan of it or anything but the mental, and physical stress it put on me helped so much... I joined highschool, midget and hopefully indoor this year just to help.... Finding the motivation is the difficult part and its increasingly difficult to stay optimistic and that is a huge trait in my personality,
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874521 tn?1424116797
there can be every positive possible in our lives and still we feel like nothing is right...I've been there too and so has my son since he was abt your age.
he kept it from us and I sure wish he hadn't because we as parents would have gone to the end of the world to help him...
he is now into his late 30's and had a very hard life and alot of substance abuse just trying to make himself Happy.....
please discuss this with your parents or if thats not possible go to a doctor....and hopefully that will lead you to a psychiatrist....you need someone who you can talk to and feel comfortable enough to tell all of the truth behind how you are feeling.....
talking it out maybe enough of a solution for you
If not than you may need some medications? there are many good ones out there that do work son..
Just please talk to someone and soon.....there is NOTHING to be ashamed of...this is a chemical inbalance in your brain like any other illness, and can be treated...
please open up..
and stay with us here on the forum, there are lots of people here that care and its a START to talking abt it...ok.
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You sound like me when I was 23 and first had symptoms of Major Depression.

My life was perfect, even had a great supportive family too.

Major Depression is a disease and doesn't need a "life situation" or reason to strike a person down.

It's called Non situational depression and it is in many ways even worse than situational depression because it is less responsive to therapy although it can be responsive to meds.

My depression grew worse as time passed. I hope yours doesn't.
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