VLÖ said:
First of all, why are you agreeing with a literal cucktears troll?
I judge ideas in a vacuum and while his explanations and presentation of it are bad, the core concept is valid.
VLÖ said:
Second of all, I have no motivation to do anything. You say "go do shit", but I just won't. You'll say "your fault then", but then I still won't because I don't want to. I can't force myself. I just fucking can't. I don't have the willpower.
This is what a specialist would help you handle. Perhaps by changing your perspective on what motivation/willpower are. I'm not trained in that area, but I do know that motivation/willpower are mercurial feelings that are flimsy, you can't rely on them. You have to rely on dedication and discipline. I'm going to guess that you're lacking in that department too, so you will have to start simple: something like, "I will do 10 push-ups every morning," or whatever other minor equivalent you can think of that is basically just a daily goal that you will follow no matter what. After doing this for a couple of weeks, you can then add another minor goal that you will do every day, just to build discipline. When you fuck up, "forget," (just lol at "forgetting" things when you can write notes, set phone reminders, alarm clocks, etc. what a fucking cope), you punish yourself by removing something from your life that you enjoy or cope with for that day. Slowly but surely you begin to have the discipline to do shit that you think is pointless/won't bring you enjoyment.
However, let's not pretend that you don't have any willpower - if you say that you are in university, and that you try talking to people, that means you do shit that you don't feel like doing all the time by definition. I'm sure you don't feel like going to class because of muh depression, don't feel like talking to people because despite being lonely and wanting to solve it, muh personality gets in the way. But you do it anyway, I assume? Channel some of that shit, whatever it is that makes you go through that, to doing something else productive. Let me clue you in, even non-depressed people don't look forward to doing things sometimes. But when they get there, they generally have a good time. You might not have as good a time, but as long as you are out trying shit, you can at least say that you tried. No one is going to fix your life but you. You recognize the cycle so go do something change it. If you don't want to, then that's cool. Don't waste everyone's time whining about it, then.
VLÖ said:
I don't know what bullshit you're pulling here about claiming I'm intellectually superior or something, when I clearly haven't? When have I said I was smarter than someone?
I said that you feel superior about yourself, because you got to put someone down over the internet because you disagree with their misconceptions about something you don't feel like doing.
VLÖ said:
You know none of you have addressed my core problem, I don't want to be alone. Yet you tell me to go "do shit". Do what? I'm not interested in anything. I don't feel joy from anything. Sure they might be awesome activities, but I feel numb.
Addressed above. Maybe you won't get up off your ass until your desire to no longer be alone outweighs your pathetic lack of discipline. Who knows. If only you know yourself better than some therapist ever will, perhaps you can figure out how to motivate yourself? Or does your self-understanding not reach those levels?
VLÖ said:
Sure you got it great, wanting to become some huge smartass philosopher. Good for you if you have the motivation, but don't assume I do. Ultimately I know myself more than some therapist ever will, and if you say otherwise you're just ignorant yourself.
Don't want to be a philosopher, do want to correct misconceptions that fuel the same cycle you're bitching about. Basically this whole thread is:
"Waaaah I'm depressed,"
"Do something to fix it."
"Waaaah I don't wanna."
"See a specialist who can help."
"No they don't know shit I know what's best for me clearly, see how great it's been working out?"
Maybe when you accept that you don't have all the answers, that while you may know more factoids about your own life than anyone else, that that is not necessary to helping a person. A therapist doesn't perform some magic by combining all of the elements of your life story (which you subjectively provide) into some new configuration that you've never seen, for the most part. They see the similarities between you and the dozens of other people who had the same exact issue as you, and then tell you what those other people did to fix it. You make it sound like just because no one has spent every waking moment in your head like you have, then they don't know shit about how to improve your life. That's just moronic.