I'm being treated for depression and anxiety disorders. So i guess its normal to be feeling hopeless. But still I'm so anxious and frightened. I'll be out of university soon and it's tearing me apart. I can't face the world. I'm feeling so depressed and hopeless. I dont know what to do with myself. I don't even want to think of the future. I feel trapped.
2007-02-06 05:27:26 · 33 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ Mental Health
When you finally face the world, it won't seem so hopeless. If you continue to stay out of society, it will just get worse. Continue counseling, and move forward.
2007-02-06 05:30:30 · answer #1 · answered by Tikimaskedman 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It seems that your fear is of the unknown, not an actual threat. It is a normal feeling when you are going thru a life change such as graduation, but you aren't coping with it as others do since you are battling depression and anxiety. You really are on the verge of something positive. With this event, you have the opportunity to make changes in your life and start fresh. To answer your question "what can you do when your life seems bleak and hopeless?" I would continue on with your treatment and share these feelings of hopelessness you have with your doctor. Try to focus on all the potential that comes with this new phase in life. You CAN do it, because each day people forge ahead into the unknown and they get thru it because they tried, even if they stumbled a little along the way. You're just as good as everyone else. Good luck and don't ever give up!
2007-02-06 05:48:45 · answer #2 · answered by Sandy Sandals 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Go somewhere quiet and think about the things that you have to be grateful for. You may think that you are depressed and hopeless, but you are graduating school soon and you have your whole life ahead of you. You have so many blessings and yet you're thinking negatively.
You need to put your thoughts in order and make a plan for your life. Otherwise, you will wake up one day and be 40 years old and have accomplished nothing.
You probably have nothing to feel anxious or frightened about and it's just a brain/body reaction. Why can't you face the world?
REMEMBER:
IF YOU THINK YOU CAN OR THINK YOU CAN'T - YOU'RE RIGHT!
2007-02-06 05:42:25 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I can relate. I'm also dealing with depression, although I'm not treated for it.
As for the "remember, others have it worse" reply... it isn't much of a comfort is it? I hate being told that because it often makes the emotions worse because guilt is added to the equation.
Try and think of the positives that are around you. Even the small ones. Leaving Uni might be terrifying, but think... there's a whole world of opportunities opening for you now. This is one chapter closing for another to open. I know you don't want to think of the future, but remember that you've gone through Uni for a reason.
Other than that, pamper yourself. Seems a bit silly, but trust me, it works! Take special care of yourself, spoil yourself a bit. Take some you time. And make the most of the present.
I hope that helps a little.
2007-02-06 05:34:30 · answer #4 · answered by crystal_elf36 1 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Yes, life can be a real b-tc-h ! Like the ole saying goes " life is a
**** sandwich and every day you got to take another bite!
We are all in this situation. Believe me you are not alone in this situation. There are a lot of people that have a hard time coping with the world and life in it! Just don't get discouraged - keep your head up and your wits about you. Sometimes you just got to wake up in the morning and tell yourself that you will make it and nothing is going to stop you. So many people in our country wake every day like that and fear those first steps but they get up and get going.
I am sorry that you are so depressed and so young. You got a whole life to live. Help is at your local church, don't laugh, I did that myself. Keep close and honest with your councilor they will give you the tools to get strong again. Who said you had to leave college - get your masters - work for the college at the same time you work on your doctorate. Than you can teach in the college level.
Your not trapped - you just trapped your self - their is everything to look forward to. Keep yourself strong and remember -
"Strength and Honor "
May the good Lord be with you !!!!!!!!
2007-02-06 05:50:16 · answer #5 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Initially, I thought, pray. Which may help. But if that isn't something that you would consider, you may want to write. Write poetry, short stories, maybe a novel. Spend all your anxiety and depression on the written page and leave it there. Pour your heart into it and some day people may think you are a genius. Basically, find something you love to give you an outlet. If you stop being busy with other things it lends itself to being depressed. It gives you more time to think about it, which is counterproductive.
2007-02-06 05:34:51 · answer #6 · answered by London Hatchet 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hello dear friend, yeah, Life get be pretty gray at times. But when you feel like that, you can sometimes just let your mind give up. Then something beautiful happens. You start to see everything around you in a different light.
To live in the moment, is the only way. Let things come to you. They always do, but we are too busy thinking about the future to see what is right here, all around us ...... right now. I leave you with an amazing web site. It might change your life. I love you.
http://www.godsdirectcontact.org/
2007-02-06 05:36:56 · answer #7 · answered by wegottadobetter 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Keep plugging away. You never know what great thing could happen for you that could change everything for the better. I think you are anxious because the unknown is ahead of you after school....but that shouldn't be something to scare you or make you nervous. You are at the best time of your life, you have a clean slate and you can make your dreams come true. Have faith in yourself and things will go your way. Never give up.
2007-02-06 05:31:19 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
First kick out ur fear of failure in any thing and its consequences.The men who met failures more turned out to be great scientists.Remember when everything is lost,the future still remains.walkout on the street and see for yourself that people who are making a decent living as shopkeepers,vendors etc are not great academicians.Nature has created u in a unique wy and no body could be like u in many ways.Your iris,ur thumb impression are all distict from every other person in the universe.Dont cry for what you donot have but see for your self what you have within you.If you are depressed for not having proper shoe think of the person who doesnot have legs.
2007-02-06 05:38:00 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2007-02-06 05:35:22 · answer #10 · answered by lloydi_yeh 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋