<p>I’ve recently lost all motivation for doing anything basically. Studying, doing my homework…anything pretty much. And obviously my grades have tanked. But hopefully I can get them back up.</p>
<p>It’s like there’s this huge weight upon my chest that’s literally me weighing me down :(</p>
<p>Do students usually feel like this?</p>
<p>My friends have even been half-jokingly begun “predicting” the “demise” of me. Some claiming it all started in late Freshman year etc.</p>
<p>Lately I’ve been questioning everything, everything from religion to school and I think that’s what started this all. Should I like stop thinking or something?</p>
<p>Are you at college now? Call the counseling center or medical clinic if your school has one. Have you talked to your parents about how you’re feeling? I think they’d want to know and want to help you. Are you getting enough sleep/proper nutrition/exercise?</p>
<p>Have yourself checked for depression. Being under new stress (like separation from home, extra schoolwork, new job) can bring it on. It’s not a mental illness…it’s a medical condition when your body isn’t producing enough of a certain chemical. It’s easily treated with a medication, though it might take a trial or two to get the one right for you.</p>
<p>Don’t suffer. It’s hard to act when you are suffering from depression but force yourself or find a friend to take you to the clinic…pronto. The sooner you go, the sooner you’ll feel like yourself.</p>
<p>If you’re still in high school, talk to your parents. You can see your own family doctor. Work on getting more sleep, better diet & exercise. Your doctor will help figure out if you need medication.</p>
<p>That’s completely normal for a high school student, you just need to focus on your goals, or define some if you don’t have any. Homework may be pointless, but you do it for a good grade, which you do for college. If you think that you’re the first one to start questioning the meaning of life and that sort of thing, think again, everyone deals with it at some point, mostly in a safe way that doesn’t negatively impact them in the long run.</p>
<p>It just seems like you’re being a bit drastic. I’ll give you the same advice I gave to another in a similar situation: determine what you enjoy doing and find a way to continue doing that.</p>
<p>I don’t mean watching TV all day if you enjoy TV, I mean spending time on your interests and finding how they can lead to a career, then finding out how you can get a job in that field. If it involves college, then you can start researching colleges and finding out what needs to be done in high school, if it doesn’t, find what it does require, and work towards that.</p>
<p>You’re probably around 15 and you really don’t know as much as you think you do about things, all you can do is put up with certain things that won’t go away (school) and try to find enjoyment with the rest of your time.</p>
<p>Suicide and writing books about your life? Neither of those things will get you very far, think of some better options.</p>
<p>See your doctor and have yourself assessed for depression. What you describe could be signs of depression, which is a medical as well as a mental health problem. It also can be associated with physical illnesses like thyroid problems and anemia.</p>
<p>YOu talk about religion to school being the basis of these feelings</p>
<p>Where you raised in a way that you are now doubting and questioning?</p>
<p>Were certain expectations placed on you that you don’t thnk you can kive up to, and I am not just talking grades</p>
<p>Are you seeing a bigger (or smaller) world than you are used to and has this made you question all you were taught and how you were brought up?</p>
<p>Many people become disillusioned when they see that all is not as they expected or were taught</p>
<p>I ask this because when you mention religion, this is the time of a person’s life with tthat can come into questions and doubt, and that is just fine</p>
<p>This is a time where you are responsible for you goals and they may not be the same as they were when you started HS, and that is okay</p>
<p>I am not one to lable people questioning where their lives as going as being depressed</p>
<p>I do think you should be sure you are physically healthy, and it is a good idea to talk about this, but your feelings are not odd, strange, they are pretty universal for young adults and often the down part of the roller coaster will pass </p>
<p>What troubles me are OP’s reports that she “has lost all motivation for doing anything basically”, that her grades have “tanked”, that she feels the weight that she described, that friends are “half-jokingly” speaking of her “demise”, that she speaks at age 15 of “leaving CC forever.” </p>
<p>Imo these are possibly signs of depression. I hope that she will see her doctor, or a mental health professional, as soon as she can.</p>
<p>Questioning your life, religion, school, can be part of growing up and gaining perspective. Good things to think about, in balance. Should you stop thinking? No. But if the thoughts are obsessive, negative, can’t turn them off, then you need some help beyond what can be offered here. Your thoughts should not make your grades slip and all motivation to cease. Get to a doctor, school counselor or psychologist, crisis line or something of that ilk. If not depression, then at least you’ve checked it out, and may gain perspective in the process. If depression, some of that weight on your chest might lighten if you can share what is going on with someone who will give you inroads on how to deal with it.</p>
<p>I’ve been there. At least for me, these were signs of depression. There is no reason to live like this. Don’t wait. See someone, get evaluated, and pursue the treatment that is recommended.</p>