Am I dead inside?

[SilentCom]

For the past few years, I've been becoming more and more depressed. Every time a get depressed it seems to get worse. The problem now is that I don't know if I'm depressed or not... I just don't seem to care about anything anymore. You could tell me that my family got shot or the world was about to end and I probably wouldn't give a damn... I just can't seem to make myself care about anything anymore. Should I just go on and try to live my life and treat this like a blessing or is there something really wrong with me?

 

[TonyVonTonyus]

Everyone gets depressed like that now and then. Find something to live for and you'll never look back. Look in the most unlikely places, I found my reason and now I live a much happier, less going to kill my self life.

 

[The Man With the Soap]

If you do yourself in, they win. There's your reason.

 

[Erana]

Get out there and do something. Go take a walk in the park, and do some physical labor like landscaping or fixing the siding of your house. In my experience, feeling empty is partly a matter of feeling no satisfaction in one's actions. Hard work and human interaction (Even watching children playing with puppies in the park) are some good remedies and would help some of my less happy friends in college.

Oh, and get a change of scenery, eat a healthy diet and get some excersize. If you do this and still feel numb, there's likely an underlying health problem causing how you feel.

 

[SilentCom]

Thanks for the advice guys.

 

[Mr Somewhere]

A love for something has always managed to get me through tough times. For example my love of books always helps. Sometimes I'll spend a day going over my favorite novels.

 

[Zaverexus]

I had this problem a while ago. I was depressed and then stopped caring about things.
After a while I just realized that my worldview had changed. The schoolwork that I had always seen as a life-or-death matter wasn't so important to me anymore, I wanted to have fun and enjoy life.
It's all about finding the balance between caring too much and too little, and about what you decide you care about. I still have to care about school work, but I don't let it eat me up until I break down from the stress. I learned not to let things get me down, and I readjusted my view of what is important.

You just need to figure out what's important enough to care about.