depressed

[cymbelline]

I am feeling depressed. I can't think of anything that happened that is commensurate to the way I am feeling. So I conclude that I must be depressed. I guess many people, even normal people have felt depressed at some point of time in their life, and it will probably, no definitely go away. I also can't help thinking I'm way too old for this shit.

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[cymbelline]

Hi! thanks for your comment. Is there any book you would like to recommend?

[matt_arnold]

I recommend books by Martin Seligman. He realized that lots of scientists were studying depressed people but few of them were studying happy people. His books are aimed toward figuring out how to become happy by understanding happiness.

As I look through his various books, I think perhaps the one most applicable to you is "What you can change ... and what you can't." If this were a lasting issue, perhaps "Authentic happiness".

Good luck.

sorry, didn't see this reply until now..

[cymbelline]

hey, sorry i didn't see this reply until now, i'm really bad at keeping track of comments..
Why do you think that is most applicable to me?

Re: sorry, didn't see this reply until now..

[matt_arnold]

Because so far as I can tell, you don't need to learn optimism, you already have a happy life when you're not depressed, you aren't trying to raise a happy child, and you don't need a book to teach you how to practice psychology on others. So, that makes his other books less useful to the situation you are asking about right now.

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[cymbelline]

Do you ever feel depressed (if you dont mind of course