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The "I need to get rich to prove I'm not a failure" mentality. That's a desperate conclusion of a mind very fucked up by low self-esteem. I would advise if you can get a job, get one and stick at it tenaciously for a couple of years. Then learn to love yourself. You should be secretly "proud" of the scar on your face. You should "laugh" about the time some bitch dumped you in church. "proud" of how you grew up and got through childhood even though your mother and father were split etc... Perception is a massive, massive thing. Theres reasons you feel the way you do, but theres well trodden roads out that forest as well. It takes time, 18 months+, to turn your life around. And its something you have to be VERY honest with yourself about. Brutally honest. And work on yourself every day. Things that helped me: nofap, Eckhart Tolle-The Power Of Now, weights, regular cardio, sleeping at 10 rising at 6 every fucking day even if it's just to walk around the block looking at shit.

::edit I mean fuck it bro I'm 32 and I've never had a girlfriend. Do you think I let it get me down ? Fuck No ! I'm proud of myself cos I've been fighting my demons and keeping those motherfuckers down for the last 18 months. Now my relationships with people are better than ever, and I'm more productive and happy than ever before.

I haven't been letting my demons walk all over me. I've been fighting those cunts!!

Please write about it! If it affects you greatly, then it is worth writing about! The worst thing you can do is to internalize pain without knowing how to deal with it. Often times, all we might need is to speak about it. Others just might need a bit of guidance. Anyways, I think this quote from a man who survived the holocaust can tell you that our own problems aren't 'small':

“To draw an analogy: a man's suffering is similar to the behavior of a gas. If a certain quantity of gas is pumped into an empty chamber, it will fill the chamber completely and evenly, no matter how big the chamber. Thus suffering completely fills the human soul and conscious mind, no matter whether the suffering is great or little. Therefore the "size" of human suffering is absolutely relative.” ― Viktor E. Frankl, Man's Search for Meaning

There are two pinned resources posts at top of this subbreddit. Books for helping people who are depressed are included.

Start here: https://www.amazon.com/Morning-Has-Broken-Couples-Depression/dp/0451218078

Heyyyy, stop thinking about what others think. They're a small part of your experience, and you're a small part of theirs.

You get to define your experience. Think about what you'd really like to do. It sounds like you stopped going to school because you were really depressed. Sometimes it's helpful to realize why we're depressed. Sometimes it's a really obvious part of our environment, like a bully at school or a lack of friends. Sometimes it's because we're not getting the basic things that humans are supposed to, like vitamins, sunlight, exercise, or social contact.

If you can, retake the classes. If you dropped out, go back. There are tons of options to study online now, too. Otherwise, make a new plan for yourself.

But first I'd address the depression. There are a lot of therapy options even online now that you can try. If you're not comfortable with that, try journaling. It will help clarify your problems and where they come from, which can provide relief. It will also help you clarify what you really like and want to do. Try to take care of your physical health by exercising and eating well. Avoid alcohol, etc., which in the long run just feeds anxiety.

Once you're feeling better, make a new plan ;-) Good luck

Can 100% relate to this...I want to stay informed because I feel obligated to so that I can help fight back but reading the news is relentlessly depressing. Just know that you're not alone in hating what's happening in this country.

I have hope that 2018 and 2020 will bring improvements, and I do my best to live my life in a way that will improve the world (or at least minimize the harm that I cause by existing)

Maybe you'll like this: https://www.ecosia.org

Search engine that plants trees with the ad revenue that they make. Small way to help tip the scales back in our favor, but it's the little things.

Feel free to message me if you ever want to talk to anyone like minded. We can try to feel better together :)

It sounds like you're in a really difficult spot. What has your boyfriend said? Does he have any insight as a close partner who sees what you're going through? How about a therapist?

I have two things to offer:

The last time I was stuck in a funk for months I started reading Learned Optimism by Seligman. It didn't fix any of my issues but it helped me think a little differently.

When I get down I've found the best thing I can do is the keep trying different things; basically keep moving. I'll try a new yoga class one day, I'll go for a short jog the next, go to a new place for coffee the day after. I find that I'm usually still miserable after the activities but after some time I wake up and realize that I'm not feeling as badly as I did a few weeks ago. My painting professor in college put it nicely: when a painting was going horribly she'd suggest we throw a blotch of red paint on it. She felt that the contrast would sometimes jolt us into a better direction...and if it didn't...well it wasn't like we ruined a masterpiece, right?

Hi lovely girl ( first im muslim myself and there are ways in religious to have girlfriend we can talk about this as you wish )

Hard moments are for everyone and we have ways to cope with them, iwant to share my ways with you
First : remember your feeling is shared between you and a younger version of your hero, for example if you love maddona, remember the exact sad feeling in you is shared between you and 25 years old maddona and millions of others Second : try this http://foxcabane.com/book/exercises/

Destigmatizing Discomfort, Neutralizing Negativity, Rewriting Reality Third: try this book, the free sample is also helpful if you dont want to buy it :) http://www.amazon.com/The-Ten-Minute-Cognitive-Workout-ebook/dp/B00KYUAWSG/