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How to stop feeling depressed? - Fort Lauderdale guy - 06-18-2014 11:19 PM
I just turned 18, but feel depressed all the time about girls. I am a pretty introvert guy at first which gets hard at times and it just brings me down. I feel out of place often and just get stressed out. I try to open up and act extrovert but just feel out of place. I work and breathe with all extroverts and am bad with meeting other girls. I work at a college cafeteria on the weekends (still in high school, senior) and like this one girl at another high school shes going there next year but I have never met her before I see her all over social media but I went to school with her sister but barely knew her either. I don't know why I feel so attracted to her and she seems fairly extrovert and a big into partying. I want to talk to her but i would feel socially awkward and online would feel like a creep. I am going to a different college but we will be in the same town so it's just hard cause I like my job but know I will have to quit because it will kill me every time I see her. I try to forget and move on and focus on my own life but sometimes it just gets hard. Just looking for some suggestions because I really want to move on from this.
- jannsody - 06-18-2014 11:23 PM
Please ask your mom or dad to make an appointment with a licensed mental health counselor or social worker to talk about the feelings of depression and other issues. There is *no* shame in seeking outside professional help.
Please try not to be so concerned with those who are "introverts" vs. "extroverts"
Just be your naturally great self :-) How about joining in some after-school clubs of causes and activities of which you're passionate. That can give you a common ground with other group participants. (Please steer clear of students who "like to party" or use drugs/alcohol to try to be accepted by others or self-medicate.) If what you're saying that you're kind of obsessed (repetitive thoughts) with that girl from the other school, perhaps there is a reason and trying to escape from one's life allows one to focus on someone or something else. I'm not a licensed therapist myself, though
This website may have some local counseling agencies: http://findtreatment.samhsa.gov/ and can click the second link.
Their toll-free 24/7 *referral* hotline: 1-800-662-HELP (4357).