I usually feel guilty or depressed for no reason at all, not because I feel as though I let someone down or dont make someone happy. Who cares if other people are happy with me; its me who needs to be happy with myself... which I am. But I just cant get that feeling of guilt away from my heart.

lately, I have been feeling really guilty. I couldn't really tell why because i dont know myself. It's hard to really appreatiate yourself for who you are when you have nothing going on for yourself, and everybody around lives a normal life.

I have been feeling guilty the majority of my life. I think it has something to do with not being good and smart enough. I don't like to feel like I have done something wrong when I have done nothing wrong. So I try to get the thoughts out of my head by reading other thoughts or thinking of other ways to curb this malady that keep stricking me in the back

There is so much medical evidence that true depression is caused by chemical imbalances in the brain. Depression destroys so many people lives that giving the impression that all can be cured by a bow or a smile or nice thinking is totally irresponsible.

What a load of psycho-babbling claptrap. Pitch this stuff on the dung heap, folks. The guy actually says we have to discount what an older generation has learned? The guy holds up examples like the stock market? This article stinks of ovrrripe baloney.

Heh, for me it's the opposite. My life is crappy = I'm being punished = I must have done something wrong = I feel guilty = I get depressed = life gets worse, and the cycle continues. Of course, when things go right it's despite me, not because of me.

It is hard to maintain a sense of self, a sense of who you really are, especially in the society where everything is competitive and self centered. The strong concept of being successful is deeply rooted in most of the people. People seem to forget what it means to be a human. Feeling guilty, feeling sad, wanting to please. Aren't these just simply human emotions. There are people play with your emotions, there are people who thinks that only the weak would feel. At the end, it is you who can be true to yourself. And this is what our society needs the most today.

I TOTALLY UNDERSTAND THIS GUILT AND DEPRESSION THING. THE GUILT I HAVE IS OF NOT BEING GOOD ENOUGH FOR MY PARENTS. MY DAD DRANK TOO MUCH WHEN I WAS A CHILD AND BEING THE OLDEST, MY RESPONSIBILITIES WERE TO TAKE CARE OF MY SISTER AND TWIN BROTHERS. MOM WAS BUSY TAKING CARE OF DAD. AS I GREW UP, I BECAME MORE CONFIDENT. I THINK HAVING A WAITRESSING JOB HELPED BRING ME OUT OF MY SHELL, AS WAITRESSES DO NOT MAKE TIPS IF THEY DO NOT ENGAGE IN SOME SORT OF CONVERSATION. I HAVE HAD TO GO TO WHAT WE CALL HERE ONE-SOUTH. THE MENTAL WARD OF THE HOSPITAL. I WORKED IN A BAR AND STARTED DRINKING LIKE MY FATHER.. I WAS MY OWN BEST CUSTOMER. WHEN I WENT INTO ONE-SOUTH, I FOUND OUT I WAS DEPRESSED. I HAVE BEEN ON AND OFF ANTI-DEPRESSANTS SINCE 1995, BUT NOW I'M THE TYPE OF PERSON THAT NEEDS TO BE ON THEM ALWAYS. THE WINTER MONTHS ARE THE WORST, AS I SUFFER FROM S.A.D. AS WELL. STOPPING THE DRINKING AND PARTYING HELPED AS WE ALL KNOW ALCOHOL IS A DEPRESSANT ITSELF, AND WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF TAKING PROZAC AND STILL DRINKING? I HAVE GONE TO THERAPY AND THAT HAS HELPED A GREAT DEAL. I WAS IN A PROGRAM CALLED THE 'WILLOW TREE' THAT IS FOR WOMEN IN TRANSITION . WE TALKED ABOUT FORGIVENESS. WHAT I DID AND TO THIS DAY MY DAD DOESN'T EVEN KNOW, IS WROTE AN 11 PAGE LETTER TO HIM, GETTING EVERYTHING OFF MY CHEST THAT HE DID TO ME OR SAID TO ME. AFTER WRITING THIS, I COULD FEEL A HUGE RELIEF OFF MY SHOULDERS. IN IT I FORGAVE HIM AS HE WAS A SICK MAN.. ALCOHOLIC.. AND TO ME HALF THE TIME DID NOT KNOW WHAT HE WAS DOING NEVER MIND SAYING. I SUFFERED A LOT OF EMOTIONAL ABUSE. I GAVE UP ON HOLDING GRUDGES AND GAVE IT TO MY HIGHER POWER. NOW I'M WITH A MAN LIKE MY FATHER. SOMETIMES WE NEVER LEARN. I WILL SOON BE LEAVING HIM.

Knowledge is based on accumulated facts. What people had learned in the past doesn't necessary apply to the kind of society or world we are in today. There is no right or wrong. Also everyone is different. A certain thing may apply to one person but it doesn't necessary apply to another. Simple example, this shirt looks good on you but it doesn't look good on me. So, do you just throw the shirt away? hell no!!!!

I suffer from extreme Depression and Anxiety. Whenever I try to discuss this with people who are close to me they just want to sluff it off as nothing. I have thought about ending it all probably thousands of times and that is no exageration. I just don't have the guts. So for this person to say that it is all cut and dry and it is that easy to overcome is a fool. It is neither a phase or of no consequence. Professionals say to talk to someone about it. However, when the people you talk to don't really hear you because their own lives are too busy to really want to deal with you and you can't afford a professional who do yo turn to?