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Hi everyone. My name is Tom and for a while now, I have just been pretty unhappy with my life. The thing is is that from the outside to my parents and friends, they have this vision that I am doing real good. Sometimes it is real frustrating because I look back and just don’t see where I went wrong, knowing what I knew at the time or even in most cases, what I know now. I have what would be a good job if it wasn’t boring and unfulfilling. I make decent $ for being 27, but living around DC I still feel poor. I ended up moving to Southern MD so I could buy a townhouse before totally getting priced out of the market during the runup in prices and now as I ponder selling to move somewhere I will be happier, the market is tanking and I am worried about being stuck here. I bought because I was miserable in the corporate owned sterile apt I was in and felt better for a little bit, working on the house until I realized how much I had to sacrifice in a crappy area that is pretty out of touch with the city itself just to be able to have a place. There are very few people my age at work so I am pretty lonely…I have my roommate and that is about it. I have never been a bar afficionado, so having moved away from my college buddies, I just haven’t met anyone new to fill the social void. So, I am seriously thinking of moving elsewhere, areas with job opportunities, lower cost of living, and people I already know (and visit when I can at the moment). But I also in some ways regret giving up on DC which has probably the best job opportunities of any city for me (I work for the gov’t) and lots of cultural attractions that I would like to take advantage of. I was just doing research on how to find a psychiatrist when I stumbled on this site, so since its free and right here on my computer, I figured I would give it a try. I feel like there are just alot of things that are combining to make me depressed now and don’t want to make some huge change if it won’t matter.

Thank you all!

Just not happy with current situation
Hi everyone. My name is Tom and for a while now, I have just been pretty unhappy with my life. The thing is is that from the outside to my parents and friends, they have this vision that I am doing real good. Sometimes it is real frustrating because I look back and just don’t see where I went wrong, knowing what I knew at the time or even in most cases, what I know now. I have what would be a good job if it wasn’t boring and unfulfilling. I make decent $ for being 27, but living around DC I still feel poor. I ended up moving to Southern MD so I could buy a townhouse before totally getting priced out of the market during the runup in prices and now as I ponder selling to move somewhere I will be happier, the market is tanking and I am worried about being stuck here. I bought because I was miserable in the corporate owned sterile apt I was in and felt better for a little bit, working on the house until I realized how much I had to sacrifice in a crappy area that is pretty out of touch with the city itself just to be able to have a place. There are very few people my age at work so I am pretty lonely…I have my roommate and that is about it. I have never been a bar afficionado, so having moved away from my college buddies, I just haven’t met anyone new to fill the social void. So, I am seriously thinking of moving elsewhere, areas with job opportunities, lower cost of living, and people I already know (and visit when I can at the moment). But I also in some ways regret giving up on DC which has probably the best job opportunities of any city for me (I work for the gov’t) and lots of cultural attractions that I would like to take advantage of. I was just doing research on how to find a psychiatrist when I stumbled on this site, so since its free and right here on my computer, I figured I would give it a try. I feel like there are just alot of things that are combining to make me depressed now and don’t want to make some huge change if it won’t matter.

Thank you all!