Hello, I will just start by saying I am only 16 years old and I already feel depressed with life.

I used to have two sides to me, I was very social and my other side was playing online video games. For the past 3 years I would play an online video game world of warcraft that became my life, and my social aspect kind of ceased to exist. I would say a few months ago I became very bored of games in General and then stopped playing them. So it hit me when I became bored that my whole life was just playing that video game.

So I found myself sitting there with nothing to do, no desire, no source of entertainment.
I became very depressed very quickly until I found something I like, then I got into just watching anime cartoon series. What worries me is I can not go on like this, I will eventually run out of things to watch and as soon as I do I will become very depressed again, I already am now because I already did run out of things to watch.

Also as a result of me having no ambition/depression, I can not sleep at night anymore, I just connected this with me being depressed maybe.

I just do not know what to do, I am depressed because nothing pleases me anymore, I can't even turn on the TV anymore I find none of it interesting anymore.

Also another thing which is strange kind of on a side note maybe, I have always imagined myself getting hurt in scenarios, and I always think of suicide but I would never do it.

Want to join the Army with me?

I used to have a girlfriend who left me a week before my finals and told me she had no feelings for me anymore. I'm also depressed, turned to smoking hookah and laddering on WC3FT (WarCraft 3: Frozen Throne), going to community college for an English class, then going home to just chill.

Yeh, I feel the same problems as you do.. and I'm 19

I know how you feel I am still struggling with depression, when I was your age it didn't hit me as bad as my senior year. What you have to do is keep yourself actively involved with other activities that doesn't mean you have to join sports. But find another hobby, art can be soothing or just release yourself to the therapy of music. Surround yourself with friends and people who love you, because when you know that people love you, then you are less likely to try and commit suicide, suicide is a very selfish act. I have tried to kill myself many times but what good will that do a person it will only leave the people you love behind depressed and miserable. Good luck I hope my advice was somewhat helpful.

Thanks for your support, hopefully this is just a phase in my life, and I need to get to know myself again and find what makes me happy . It's really hard though, to not have any desire to do anything, no purpose : (

Hi,

You have to make an effort to build a life one brick at a time. I think there is a good chance that you are addicted to electronic machinery, but they are no substitute for human relationships. I don't see how you can recover from this depression without getting therapy for addiction.

In order to build a life, and at 16 you are still pretty much starting, you consider all the areas that make for happiness... sports, hobbies(not using machinery), intellectual stimulation in school, social life(friends), altruistic endeavors such as volunteering at a library, and so on.

Don't make life about entertaining yourself, make it about reality. :)

I was also a hardcore wow player between 15-16, but when I got bored of it I started partying with my friends again, I now go to gym to be healthier, because with WoW I got little fat (^^).
in my opinion, you are very young and you will soon or late find something about life that will make worth all the suffering.
anyway, till you find it you have to get hobbies outside in the real life, which for me was verhy hard, till I found some things that I now enjoy and didn't know before
I hope you get better soon :D

I can identify with some of your feelings, Sabend. Are you by chance interested in getting involved in things that might involve the arts, like music, art or drama? I'm going to leave this at that...

Please respond.

Thank you!

I think part of your problem is physical, cause your body's probably going through growth. Also, have you taken any drug at all, including prescription (antibiotics, acne meds)? I ask, because when I was your age, I took acne meds, and I believe that was a cause of my depression. What I wish I would have done then, was taken care of my liver, so my blood would have been cleaner. Try some olive oil(2tblsp every now and then), flax oil(pills?), the like, and see if this doesn't help anything.
Also, exercise, or something to get your blood/heart going.

I'm just wondering how you are doing, Sabend and hoping that you will return to this thread! :)