For me, this meant that I should see a psychologist, and eventually a psychiatrist. After treatment, the periods of feeling this way became much shorter, and I learned how to deal with them better, even if that just meant waiting them out.

Besides getting medical treatment, I learned some coping mechanisms.

I'll list a few and hopefully some can help you too:

-Avoid "party" situations that might emphasize how different you feel to others and how you can't feel good things. This includes most situations with large groups of people.

-Don't completely avoid people for long periods of time. I know you may want to, but withdrawing from the world only keeps you in this state for longer. It's fine if you avoid certain people who you know make you feel worse, but try have some involvement in what goes on arround you. If you still try function, there is a chance that something might draw you out of this mindset.

-If you can manage, don't stop doing the the things that you used to enjoy. If it doesn't make you sad trying, keep at it, and sometimes you might just get a bit of enjoyment out of things that you didn't expect.

-Look after yourself physically. Your emotions are already making you feel tired and fatigued enough, so make sure that you eat low GI foods and healthy meals, and get the right amount of rest, so that lack of energy doesn't make it any worse.

-Try find a coping mechanism. Something that you can do that doesn't make you feel worse, at the least. I found that drawing, writing, or making things in general helped me. It didn't take too much energy, I didn't have to interact with others, it kept my mind off my overwhelming feelings of hopelessness and loneliness, and when I was lucky, it even helped me get some of my pent up feelings out.

I hope some of that advice helped. I know how impossible these times can feel, especially if its the first time you have felt this way or if its been this way for a long time. I hope you can find things that work for you, be they medication, and of the things I listed, or something else that you find.

Just remember that it is possible to get out of this. I, as well as many other people, am living proof.

hi,im sorry im posting on this but im having  problems topost any topic,can the administrator plz help me.

well,actually im having big  problems,im jeolous of so me1's  happiness,people around     me seemto   havewat   i want and im jeolous  of themand worse these people r my friends and sometimes  i just want to tell them to shut up ,i dont want to hear their  stories but i cant .im lonely and im selfish

Paul

4/11/11 10:27pm

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