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There is nothing self centered about posting this stuff here mate. It takes alot of guts to do it and you must be hurting to actually type it here. Whatever anyone has said in the past on these forums about daft arguments is just not important. Whats important is you are okay.

The last thing you probably want is advice, but I'll try and give you some. People telling you to just pull yourself together and snap out of it are the worst bits of advice anyone could give.

Has it got worse over the last few months ? Loads of people suffer from SAD (seasonal affective disorder) and it really has the capacity to get you down in the winter, especially if you spend alot of time indoors and have a tendancy to sleep late and go to bed late.

You might think this is stupid but whenever we feel down its not just to do with whats happening in our lives but to do with the chemicals in our brain. If you are feeling down its important to do what you can to get the chemicals which make you happy into your brain. Best way to do it is to get exercise and also, if you've definately found it worse over winter, see if you can get a SAD lamp. They blast you with high intensity light which helps give you what you need to get a balance. Avoid alcohol, caffine, chocolate, try and not sleep to much. Cos its always hard to fall asleep but easy to sleep late the next day.

There is no shame in popping to the doctors. Everyone goes through things like this at some point and the smart ones visit the doctor.