[bwood26]

I have always been a happy laid back kind of guy.But lately,I just haven't been the same me.I got this new job at UPS and I work the graveyard shift and I've been depressed ever since I started.I feel empty,alone,and I cry at times cause I just don't know what to do! I never really think about suicide Im just not happy with my life right now.. I stay up all night and just think about everything and I just want this to go away but it won't... Im 18 and I just wanted to hear some thoughts on this?

[gardenqs]

Hi nothing is wrong with you. I think it may just be the stress of a new job and the graveyard shift doesn't make it any better. I used to work that shift and it seemed like I just never had time for anything. I just made a list of everything that was bothering me and fixed what I could and didn't worry about those things that I couldn't change. Good luck

[bwood26]

Yeah it could be and I only have a few more weeks of it so who knows.. its just not for me at all and I've been down because of that and woman just frustrate me and that's another thing that brings me down... idk maybe I'm just having the blues but I just feel so empty all the time

[N0help4u]

It may simply be stress and anxiety/panic attacks.
Think through things you are thinking about or feeling.
If you are thinking and stressing over things think them through rationally. If you are crying and can not pin point a reason for it then it is most likely anxiety. Try and figure out what it is in or missing in your life that you have anxiety about.
I know when my kids were babies and I had hardly any money I would cry for no reason when I went through a store to buy what I needed. I really thought about it and realized that it was anxiety because I could not do things like stop, look at and buy a pretty dress for my baby 'like a normal person' could.

Try not to think about how women frustrate you---like the serenity pray goes learn to accept the things you can not change---and don't dwell on them.

[templelane]

You've probably messed up your circadian rhythm as well which won't be helping. You are probably not getting quality sleep during the day making you a little sleep deprived.

It's not fun but remember its not forever either. Things change, jobs change and you will feel better.

[N0help4u]

Yeah circadian rhythm reminds me
I meant to mention that with it being winter if you live in a gloomy cold northern climate it could also be that you are working out in the cold weather and so it could also be a bit of seasonal affective disorder.
So it may be a combination of a lot of little things like we have mentioned.

[Maggie 3]

First of all lets count your blessings. Your job, there are so many
People out of jobs, having one should be exciting to you. Your health must be good
To have gotten your job. When we are young it is hard to see the big picture of life.
A job is what helps us get though life with lmany less problems. Do all you can to keep
Your job, learn as much as you can about it so you can do the best work. Your mind
Is working all the time and you need to learn how to think at its best and control
What thoughts you spend time thinking about. There are good and evil thoughts comes
In our mind but we have a choice to receive it and think on it or change it to a good
Thought. Your mind is your powerhouse it will make you or break you. Use your
Power right think on good, what is good for you and what good for others. When you put others first you will always win. When you are doing good for others you will have
Happness and joy in your heart and not sadness. Learn to do your job to the best
And be the best in all you do. Think good be good do rnot give in to bad thoughts.
Control your thinking learn as much as you can. Say and do it often "I AM HEALTHy, STRONG, POWERFUL, LOVING, HARMONIOUS, SUCCSSFUL, AND HAPPY".
THINK ON THESE THINGS

Maggie 3

[Choux]

I once got a job working midnights to 8 or so... it was very difficult to switch the sleeping time.

The problem is that in order to feel good at all, you have to have a regular 7 hour sleeping time from 3 or so to 11.

IF you try to maintain your regular prior life by sleeping a couple of hours here and a couple of hours there, you just plain feel sick and get worn out.

You have to have friends who work the same shift so you can do stuff with friends when you get off work, etc...

It's a very dificult road to go if you don't change completely, even on days off.

[bwood26]

Yeah I think that's the problem Im just alone in the middle of the night with no one to talk too.. I talked to my parents about it and they think it's a good idea to go back to my other job.. Im about to go to school in January and I need to get adapted to my old sleeping hours again or ill continue to feel this emptiness..

[Choux]

Yeah, get out.