Is anyone else experiencing a failure to thrive right now?

[IHaveRespawned]

I am struggling to handle mental stimuli. I have become a hermit. I am quick to get worked up, aggressive, and sometimes with violent tendencies. I can feel the stress in my head and body. I live in a constant brain fog and I can hardly process what people tell me. I am struggling to muster up energy or motivation to do anything. Everything feels like a daunting chore. Everything is expensive and I am feeling squeezed.

I am on disability right now in the meantime. Of course, when I was fired from my 25th job at the age of 30, I just went into this long-term burnout.

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[msc545]

I am not personally experiencing what you have described but I have treated many people that have experienced it and in general what you have described is generally referred to as clinical depression. It is a very debilitating illness but it is also readily treated sometimes with medication but more often with psychotherapy with substantial success. I hope you get some treatment for this. You deserve to feel much better than you're feeling right now.

[msc545]

I forgot to mention this, but failure to thrive is actually a term we use for people who are not being fed properly or for infants. Who, for whatever reasons, despite adequate feeding fail to gain weight. It's not a term generally used for adults. I think what you were referring to here is a condition called major depressive disorder. I just wanted to clarify this in case you were relying on the label to gather more information about this condition.

[LazerBean]

Sounds like you need to work out and get a therapist

[Anonymous]

The diagnosis of failure to thrive refers to not maintaining normal standards of physical health.