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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Michael Tree" data-source="post: 1367422" data-attributes="member: 1455">Uzumaki, severe depression is often the result of a chemical imbalance in the brain.  They way you're feeling may not have much to do with who you are, but with a physical disorder, not terribly different from feeling weak from the flu, having extreme emotions from alcohol, or feeling jittery and tense from too much caffeine.While life circumstances play a part in creating depression, and affect how it feels, they're just as often created by the depression or made worse by the lack of energy and hope.  Go to a doctor, get some medication.  Then, once you don't have the weight of hopelessness on your shoulders, then you can work on your life.  It seems impossible to change now, but a lot of that feeling is from the chemicals.  It will pass, and in a few years you'll look back on yourself and thank yourself for helping yourself, like so many posters here have.If you feel like you're going to commit suicide, don't wait to see someone.  Tell your mom, or someone else nearby who you trust.  Then go to your nearest hospital Emergency Room, and tell them you're feeling like killing yourself.  They'll help you out, give you some medication for the short term, and introduce you to therapists and counselors who care about you and can help you in the long term.</blockquote>