Re: Post College Depression
I myself recently graduated from college. If it's any consolation, I've been brutally depressed for much of the last 4 years (my college years by no small coincidence). It got to the point where I 'learned' how to be depressed, and being depressed and leading the kind of life where I am depressed became my routine. I was basically killing time in college until I could graduate and then start "living" and "be happy" as your post suggests. I guess I'm closer to being happy, but it's still not all together.
For me, the major source of pain and problems in my life has been poor sleep. Again and again, I find myself sleepy, half-awake, frustrated and moody, all due to my sleep deprivation. And as a young person, just about everyone in the planet, including myself, expects me to be able to function at peak performance no matter how much sleep I've gotten. In the rest of my life, I really have it all. I have a job that is like a waking dream, I am doing very well at poker, I have all kinds of nice things, I lead an interesting and rich life, I have terrific friends and family who call me and visit on a regular basis. Yet, I can often feel horribly depressed. And the reason always goes back to sleep deprivation.
OK enough rambling for now, time to get back to work... best of luck.
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