Possible depression, any advice?

[Sigurd]

I wanna play therapist....

Your have been overburdened with work.
Your situation is very much like that of a car with a flat battery. You need to recharge your battery. If you don't, you won't get anywhere.

You basically need to do something that you enjoy and get your mind of things. This could be a 20 minute jog every day, or it could be some hardcore partying every thuesday night. Or building model airplanes. It doesn't really matter...

The breakup with your girlfriend makes you sad, which doesn't really sound abnormal.

[akishore]

Thanks for this really helpful post. I think it's a really good idea to use this time to really excel in my classes and study hard, but how do I find the motivation? My problem is just finding the one push to get me rolling. Thanks.

[EricW]

Blarg, it amazes me how you're constantly right about 99% of the time. [img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img]

[entertainme]

If you have a timer set it for 15 minutes. When the 15 minutes start, you start working.

Once you get past that 15 minutes, you'll be somewhat into the subject and it won't be hard to keep rolling.

The most important thing is to start.

Good luck,

The Poker Mom

[cking]

Hey I recently went through litterally the same stuff. Girlfriend of over 2 years (even cheated on me and broke up with me and started dating the other guy), which is very out of character as she is a very sweet girl. Immedietly after i had lots of different illnesses and my sleep schedule like yours, became horrible (going to bed at 8am - 7pm for no reason) and of course as she was my best friend i didnt have many people to hang out with (I had even quit my fraternity due to issues involving her).

My advice to you is to go to a doctor, if anything you can get some sleep pills to get you going to sleep at the right time and will feel better about it. Also once finals and such clear up and you have time to just do nothing all day over winter break, try and get out.

Good luck with everything, I know how much it sucks and with everything just piled on it gets to you, but time off and reconecting with friends really helps (and so does fixing that sleep schedule).

Edit: oh yeah and exercise is always nice, plus when your there you can meet lots of attractive in shape girls, which if anything helps give you some new goals and confidence

[Sigurd]

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Are there any tips or tricks to motivate myself to work? I can't find any motivation to begin, and I think starting is the hardest part. I open up assignments and just stare at them for a minute and just close it because I have no motivation to start. Thanks.

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You could go talk to some kind of campus therapist (I have no idea about what they are called) about this. They will most likely, like the majority of OOT, tell you to do something that you enjoy before sitting down to work.

If you sit down to work, but don't get anything done. Just accept it, and go do something else for 30 minutes, and then return.

[Banks2334]

Yes, you're depressed, but you will be all right. It's normal to feel bummed out after a breakup. Concentrate on school/work. In time you will realize that women are like buses, they come by every ten minutes. Now is not the time to get bogged down in a serious relationship. Once you have finished school and are making good cash working, there will be plenty of time and opportunity for relationships. It sucks now, but the future will be better.

[CharlieDontSurf]

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Thanks for this really helpful post. I think it's a really good idea to use this time to really excel in my classes and study hard, but how do I find the motivation? My problem is just finding the one push to get me rolling. Thanks.

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Unless your planning on going to Law/Business School your GPa doesn't matter much...all people care about is you got the degree.

College is for partying and getting laid..not studying hard.
This is probably the real reason yr girlfriend split. Your lazy.

[CrayZee]

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There is a forum called "Psychology" that may give you better advice.

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Psychology is under General Gambling. This would appear to have nothing to do with Gambling.

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Yeah, but you can always attach "it causes me to lose money at poker" on the end of any psych-related problem.

[Pete H]

Climb the hardest wall you've ever done or do something else (not drugs) that gives you an adrenaline rush.

Driving a motorcycle or a car to the limits, skydiving, downhill biking, fighting (ring or street), etc. The list is endless, just find something that you can afford.

Even though you have tons of work, you need to take some time off regularly and do something you really enjoy.

I've never tried antidepressants, but I'm pretty sure that actually doing something works much better than sitting on your ass and popping pills.

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