[TTChamp]

1. You are experiencing depression. It will pass.
2. If you are smart enough to get a physics degree, then you are smart enough to be a sucessful low limit player. Take the focus that you used to put into solving a complex physics problem and apply it to your poker. Take breaks as necesary to maintain your focus.
3. Figure out what motivates you. It sounds like you were only doing your job for money (and I don't get the feeling that you are some one who is motivated by money). If you don't have any debt then you can do anything you want. Not everyone has that opportunity==>take advantage of it. Finding something you are excited about will probobly require a decision or action that others find questionable or hard to understand. Do what is right for you, not what others consider to be the standard play.
4. Destroy your television. It makes you feel inferior, numbs your brain, and wastes your time. Live your life, don't watch other people's.
5. Ignore people who make smart ass remarks to your post. More than likely they see elements of their own quiet desparation in your post.
6. Get off your ass and make something happen. You have recognized that you are not happy. Do something about it. All that is between you and satisfaction is self discipline.
7. When you wake up in the morning make a list of obtainable goals and don't go to sleep until you get them done. Start off with an extremely modest list. No matter what, discipline yourself to finish your list each day. If you make too many goals you will fail to meet then all and you won't feel sucessful so start small.
8. Things will get better.