How do I know if I'm bored or depressed w/o a shrink?

Question: I don't really find joy in much, and I'm not really inspired when my DH says, "so what do you want to do this weekend?" No money/insurance for a shrink. I have family, kids, etc., but I just feel so blah. Not really up to getting out and doing anything b/c what my DH wants to do just isn't fun to me, and he doesn't want to do what I like. I enjoy doing things by myself, but that gets old/lonely too.

Answers:
Step away from the computer and go for a walk, drive, go out, see friends. It sounds like you are just kinda in a lazy spell.

Other Answers:
If you need a shrink to tell you anything about your life you have a deeper problem.

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If you feel you have no strength to do anything, you're tired all the time, have trouble sleeping, and feel a profound sadness, you could very well be depressed.

For more information on depression, see http://www.psycom.net/depression.central.html

It's a great site with many informative pages, including a page to diagnose yourself: http://home.avvanta.com/~charlatn/depression/scales.txt

It sounds like you're very unhappy. I am like that too when I feel I am out of resources. What you need are friends and family, as well as a balance of spending time alone.

Being tired and sleeping a lot is a sign of depression. That is usually the first thing that happens to me when I start to feel depressed. I have to find some way to fight it, just get out and do stuff. hi my name is frankki..yes im a girl. When i was 12 I started getting to where i didnt want to do any thing with the family, all i wanted to do was be lefted alone and sleep. I started having suicidle thoughts and even tryed to comit suicide when i was 13. My family got me help. I'm not sure you will be able to tell by your self. But i did learn in counsiling that over 85% of the WORLD has some kind of mental disability and 70% of that is depression. If you want to talk about it or try to tell me more my email adress is fpo4sho@yahoo.com Good Luck!

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