Is it normal to have no interest in life ?

Mate, don't worry, it is normal. An year ago I had like crazy depression, I know what u feel and someone that haven't felt it before won't exactly understand. I had bad thoughts on my mind all the time, was hard to smile. My dad has mania depression which is alot worse, he was by my side, he tried to help me but instead he made it worse, he said im sick, I will probably be like him and that exactly what I didn't want. I wasent going to school for almost an year, I wasent happy about life at all, everything seemed to be worthless and I felt life was worthless. I started going to a psycologhist, a good one. Yes, I started taking meds from depression etc... Then I realized I'm stronger then that and I won't be like my dad. You know, the best moment of ur life is when u start believing in yourself, everything was gone, I started smiling to the world and so the world smiled back. Man, there is so much to see in life, just believe in yourself because I believe in you and you will see life as the greatest gift, you will I know it!

You should join the army. Since you don't fear death you'll be really good at it and become a hero and have something to live for. But then you'll start fearing death but that's ok cuz by then you will have gotten promoted and become a general behind the scenes.

Hi! I'm the OPThanks everybody. SassyLassy...(?), well, thanks too. But I think I wasn't complaining. Sorry if it seemed so. I just wanted to know if it was normal. I've already tried to change my vision of life, but no way. I deal with it, and was just wondering if other people felt that way too. I don't think I'm depressed.

I know this is old, but this is a problem a lot of people deal with. I do not know the answer to anyone's particular needs as: 1. I don't know you 2. I am not a psychologist. There are many different ways to go about curing depression. The number one rule to follow is (drum roll) DON'T GIVE UP! Yeah, yeah... cliche, I know. Why do you think I'm here? I'm looking for advice as well. I just need something like a kick-start, or a reason to do something other than what I don't want to be doing. I have recently quit drinking, which was one of my vices. I also quit smoking pot. Now I am left with my life... my real life. How do people get motivation? I'd really like to tap into that! As for sassyfrassy... c'mon u butthole. Give a fellow human some help. Expand on your third paragraph. Not everyone has their act together like you do. How does one take control and responsibility? What are the steps? How does one promote wellness in a mind that only tells us negative things? How does one "Change"?

same here sammeeee hereeeeeee

I know this sounds weird but try tanning. Sun light helps cure depression. It helps to release that happy chemical. It doesn't have to be natural sunlight either a tanning bed will do it. I did research. Also vitamin b and omega oils should help. I suffer from depression but its not cause of a pity party its like my brain isn't prooducing whatever chemical its supposed to produce because when I am on zoloft and am tanning and am taking vitamins I am the happiest person in the world but if I go off of it I feel suicidal. If u don't believe in zoloft u should try natural method s like I said with the vitamin b and omegas. Or try some other natural depressant just be careful and check for drug interactions. People don't understand when your brain just wont make the happy chemical there isn't much hope of picking yourself back up.

Well I just want u to know your not alone in what your feeling. I would never kill myself but not cause I think that people would be sad but because the thought of killing myself scares me and there is always a little tiny bit of hope that things might get bettere. But i do wish to die and pray to die a lot that something will just kill me fast. I've decided to go back on antidepressants because I don't want to feel this way anymore. I was on them for ten years and they made me feel great but everyone always tells me that they are unhealthy and my mom urged me to go off them telling me to cure myself naturally. I feel horrible without antideppresants though.. I am so sad so I decided I just don't care if my mom and the people I care about think that antidepressants are dangerous. I want to feel human again and they don't know what this feels like. My advice to u is to try antideppresants. U might take a lot of heat about them being dangerous and that its just a way of not having to cope but at least u will feel good again. I just want to go one day without crying myself to sleep. My advice is try antidepressants because they work for me.

We all kind of feel like that sometimes. Try to succeed in things and then maybe something amazing will happen and you will care whether you're dead or alive. Otherwise, one day you're going to learn the hard way when something goes wrong and you realize what an idiot you're being...

Are you feeling this way bc you're lonely? Or you're stressed from work/school? Whatever it is, figure it out and do everything that you can to fix it even if you don't want to.

It's sad.

I'm in the same boat. I can't off myself because it would just kill everyone around me. Life is on the edge of unbearable. But when i think of death that just doesn't seem appealing. From what i can tell we are just reborn. Uhh.. i forgot where i was going with this but the best you can do is sit back and enjoy the ride. And people like sassyfrassylassie will never understand.