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Maybe I am. Maybe I should. Thing is, here, therapist are not very good. I heard from some friends about their experiences and their friends and relatives experiences. Most of the time the solution is to take antidepressants. Thing is, chemical solution to your life problem is not real solution. Well it helps the same as alcohol I guess. But does it solves anything actually? Right now I am just working on something that I think would be possible to sell, or make money from. Being my own company, on my own terms and make money from it - that would help. Maybe I will show it on HN at some point, though I am a bit afraid people telling me that I worthless.

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I'd encourage you to read my reply to the sibling comment to yours.

In brief: depression is a feedback loop, because it interferes with your ability to take the actions you need to take to be less depressed. If you've been depressed for a while, that loop is probably pretty well-established. Antidepressants make the feedback weaker, and that lets you begin to work on breaking the loop.

Antidepressants don't solve your problems, and they don't make you unaware of them. They just make the problems easier to work on. They don't make you weak. They give you the ability to work on being stronger.

I did read it. I think I understand your point. If this is how I feel? I do not think so. I mean I did pretty good job with chores around my house last summer. It was nice. It was fulfilling. Not like my job feels like. I do try to work on myself decided to go on diet probably I will try to take on some exersices once the winter is gone... etc. It is not like I lie in bed over the weekend or play video games all the time eating chips. Just this job... I need money to support my family but it is freaking waste of my time. Even more when I think about my side project waiting for me to have time to work on it. I could play some Lego with my kids and this would be more enjoyable. My job feels like crawling through barbed wire because some guy decided that just walking on pavement is not struggle enough. Is this depression? IMHO no. But no doctor can argue with you if you say that you are feeling pain so maybe this persistent state of misery could be depression for some.

There is a misconception about antidepressants that they would make you numb or high or anything like that. Since they take a few days before really kicking in, they also do not tend to be addictive. Also, when you talk to people that go to a therapist, they might give you a bad feeling about it, since the people that are okay to talk about it are often people that are already in deeply and like to ventilate their problems or messed up life.

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