I don't understand clinical depression, but I find I get depressed when I reach my dreams and find that there's nothing but emptiness that follows.
There's nothing I find worth waking up for in the morning at that point. Maybe the fact that you have a beautiful girlfriend and loving family and everything leads you to this sense that you've accomplished everything, only to find there's nothing to pursuit anymore.
My fix for that was always to fall in love with something new. It doesn't have to be someone. It could be a hobby like creating digital music (I got into that when I was brokenhearted in my 20s). All you need is to find something that compels you to do something every day you wake up.
There have been times at the lowest points in my life where I wanted to be like a soldier and join the military, even though I'm pacifistic in nature. I thought it would simplify my life and make it more black and white, giving me simple objectives that I can wake up and perform. Another example is the Red Cross. I tend to find discomfort in stillness when I'm idle and have no mission to accomplish.
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That's called growing up! The world sucks and you're stuck here till you die and fade into nothing, welcome to reality.
Feeling down in the dumps happens. Try to embrace the positives in your life, and don't dwell on the few negatives.
With depression, you feel very sad, hopeless, and unimportant and you often are unable to live in a normal way. If this is how you feel, then you might need to seek professional help. They might be able to give you ways of dealing with this, both with medication or not.
Happiness isn't found in materialistic objects. You could have everything.. all the money in the world but you still won't be happy. If you don't know what is causing your depression you should see a therapist or talk about it to your doctor and maybe they can help you overcome this phase in your life.
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You should watch this.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ykvC3QXJb18Pick you up a hobby or read a book to keep your minds off of things.
feeling a bit down and suffering from depression are two very different things. Cheer up.
Well depression happens, whether you want it to or not. Shit happens. It happened to me. I tried to kill myself. I got help. It happens. Have you been diagnosed with any depressive disorder?
perhaps you are unahppy with yourself
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