I don't feel like doing anything - am I depressed?

Question

I have no drive to do anything - lately I have been very lazy. I don't like doing simple things, like making my bed. I stay up late at night because I don't feel like brushing my teeth (eventually I do it).

I don't want to go to school and get my degree, or put in the effort to get a job. I don't leave the house if I don't have to - I spend all day on the computer and watching TV.

I don't want to die, and I'm not going to kill myself, but I don't really feel like living.

Does it sound like I'm depressed to you? Should I see a doctor?

Answer 1

Hi Honey, yes it does sound very much like depression, and the signs you mention go with it, we all have down days, but yours sounds very serious, I have been getting help with the same, but I also suffer from Anxiety / Panic attacks, and it is hard, at the moment I called in sick at work because I don't feel like doing anything, but you do need to see a councillor + doctor and they can help you on the road to recovery, it is hard, actually bloody hard, but they do help.

I wish you all the best honey, I can say "I know how you feel", and people who aren't going through this or never experienced it, will say "you will be right just snap out of it", they are not ignorant, they just don't understand.

Please get help, it is nothing to be ashamed of, It will happen to anyone.

You can contact me on here if you wish to talk.

Good Luck honey, I do wish you all the best.

Minny :-)

Answer 2

Exactly!!!!! I'm going through this too ever since I lost my job in April 2007. I'm also going to college because I can't find a job, and like you said, it takes me all day to brush my teeth - why - because I don't care. Plain and simple. I don't go anywhere unless I am absolutely required but being out makes me feel better. I can't afford to go out so I rot. The cleaning doesn't get done, the dishes, laundry, cooking, cat litter scoopings, etc.

And like you all I do is sit in front of the computer or tv and guess what I DON'T EVEN LIKE TV. I don't do my hobbies or anything that I like let alone housework. I resent having to do anything, I am also not suicidal, I feel suicidal sometimes but not all the time, I want to be dead without having to go through the process of killing myself but there's still enough of me inside that wants to live to see things through. I love school/college but you're right I start wednesday and I'm already walking around the house saying I can't wait until the semester is over with.

I was happy when I was working because of MONEY, I could afford food, toilet paper, veterinary visits, sneakers, trips to the beach, trips to flea markets or anywhere / anything I felt like doing or needed to get done.

Since losing my job I've gained a massive amount of weight, and not from overeating just from stress alone because my diet is no different than it ever has been. I even went to a palm reader the first thing she said was you have too much stress, she also told me nothing better was going to happen for me until I got rid of some of that stress, only I don't know how to feel any better!

I'm sorry I can't offer you any advice and that all I can do is agree with you and tell you that Yes, you are depressed. If you are able to see a doctor about it, I'd highly recommend it. I'm trying to get by on vitimins (happy pills without a prescription) because I can't afford a doctor and because I really don't believe in synthetic drugs anyway. But I find that even taking herbal supplements & vitimins I have people calling me a pill-popper.

Good luck to you.  

Answer 3

there is a history of mental health in my family and this sounds like depression. lack of motivation and not seeing the point in doing anything is sadly a little more complex than just feeling bored, when you're not happy but you're not sad it sounds like depression. i suggest you see a doctor, they could put you on some mild anti-depressants that would just help  you feel a bit more positive about every day things that seem dull and mundane to you right now.

also make plans for what you want to do in life, i know it sounds like the LAST thing you want to do, but it gives you direction leading to some sort of drive and gives you something to focus on.

do something though, because something that just starts out as a passing thought or feeling can take over your life. my strongest advice to you would be see the doctor, you sound mildly depressed.

good luck

Answer 4

It does sound like depression, but it could also be what my boyfriend and I describe as "a funk".  Occassionally I feel like this, but it only lasts for about a week or so.  Then I feel better for a long time.

I would give it a few weeks and see if it passes.  If not, I would seriously consider a trip to the doctor.  Especially if it progresses into thoughts of suicide.

Answer 5

Sounds like depression.  Yes, go see a doctor.

Answer 6

Nope just sounds like your a lazy bum.