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Depression, wrist slitting, suicide, anger…

There are so many things that are really bringing me down from internal problems to external problems. Each time I ask for help I get the same answers and I’m tired of it.

The things I want to do that make me happy are impossible to achieve, and I want nothing else.

I must be a very selfish person. My friend states the reason to live is to live for other people, but that is not why I want to live.

I tried zoloft. It didn’t work at all. And I think it made it worse by ruining my appetite for days, which turned into weeks, and now I barely ever get hungry.

I turned to a few friends for help, but they just made it worse. They didn’t even try to help.

I saw a counselor and therapist/counselor but it didn’t help at all.

I’ve talked to “religious leaders” and attempted to pray to God but that never helped and made me become an aethiest.

I do what makes me happy but I become depressed when I try to do it and realize I can’t. I’ve practiced music for 10 years but still all of the stuff I play and write sounds like **** and always will. I become greatly depressed when I see other people my age accomplish the same things that I’ve always wanted to do and they take what should be my place.

I know others have problems like mine but I feel like they can’t be solved. And I bet they think that too.

I could go on forever typing my problems. I could go on forever asking for help but I believe I’ll never find an answer.

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smallr offline Verified User (2 months, 2 weeks) Shouts: 4 #
An Unknown Location | 1 month, 4 weeks ago (18 minutes after post)

o.k I do know life is very difficult, But you must stay strong for yourself. If you overcome your fear that will be the hard thing to do. But what the hell if your going to give up at least give it a try. Push yourself to do something good for yourself stay positive because it is so true “you are what you think” so do not believe what other people tell you about yourself. fill your head with good thinking not bad .Just try it.o.k.

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Winter Rose offline Verified User (2 months, 3 weeks) Shouts: 145 #
An Unknown Location | 1 month, 4 weeks ago (46 minutes after post)

Could you try making different goals? Maybe you need to try something new, make some change in your life. Maybe make it something little, like getting a new haircut, or maybe make it big, like move or go on a trip. Please don’t give up.

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Sigurrós offline Verified User (3 months, 1 week) Long Term User Shouts: 37 #
An Unknown Location | 1 month, 4 weeks ago (1 hour, 25 minutes after post)

Maybe we can’t give any answers at all, but we can listen, we can care.

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seas light offline Verified User (4 months, 1 week) Long Term User Shouts: 205 #
An Undisclosed Location | 1 month, 4 weeks ago (6 hours, 43 minutes after post)

Sorry to hear your so miserable. *Zoloft* can be a positive to some, and a negative to other’s as we all are different. Try another. There a alot out there to choose from. Sounds like you just haven’t found one that agrees with you yet. Depression effects millions of people. Nothing to be ashamed of. Just keep seeking for the relief you deserve, and think positive.setting a new set of goals may help. Challenge yourself even if your not up to. You might be pleasantly surprised with your results. Good luck :)

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srnityblu offline Verified User (11 months, 1 week) Long Term User Shouts: 4 #
Regina, SK, CA | 1 month, 4 weeks ago (6 hours, 55 minutes after post)

maybe taking lessons will help improve your skill?

How do you know you suck at what you do? Maybe take a look at the successful people around you and follow thier lead.

Alot of people think that they can get by without help, without learning from anyone else, is this what is going on with you? You’ve had ten years of experience, but in your eyes that isn’t working. So should you give up? Have you exausted every avenue possible to enable your talent to bring you success?

Leaders never quit, but the leaders were once followers and became doers.

Trying is a lifetime achievent! It’s not something we can say, o I put somesort of effort into it, not working, i’m done.
Trying, takes failing, falling down getting back up again, once, maybe twice, maybe more than 100 times to reach one successful goal, or milestone. We are always a stones throw away from failure and having the rug pulled out from under us, but we are always that much further away from our goals if we allow a defeatest attitude.

Pick yourself up, dust yourself off, and start all over again.
Perhaps writing goals down on paper, with pros and cons included. What do you want to most achieve in life? Sometimes that may take your whole life for that to happen but the most successfull person isn’t what they have or how much money they can make, it’s the inbetween, the stepping stones that got them to where they are in that successful moment is where true sucess lies.
You are talented and capable of so much more… who cares what everybody else thinks, , just get out there and do it and have fun!

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seah1 offline Verified User (2 months) Shouts: 1 #
An Unknown Location | 1 month, 3 weeks ago (10 hours, 56 minutes after post)

Why don’t you try to listen to Christian Music…..it will relieve you of whatever burden you have.

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