Quote Originally Posted by Byzantine Prince
It's definetly situational at its core. I've been having a lot of pressure to perform at school, and I also have other problems that add on to that. There is also a certain routine every day that is very confortable but also constant, and tiresome. I need a change in routine for sure.

Ah then just learn to relax a little more. I used to be under a lot of stress when I was in the Army. At work my boss is surprised how calm I am when everything is going wrong with the production, and that I am able to get things back on track without stressing out the associates, or myself.

On situational stress - I just ask myself one simple question and it keeps me from going into a stress mode - which normally triggers a situational depression for me. Just find yourself that question that helps you see prespective about what is stressing you out about your situation - which I am assuming then leads to your depression.


My question is a hold over from my military days - is any decision I make today going to hurt or cause someone to get hurt? And frankly 99.9 percent of the time I have found in my civilian life that the answer is No - and then stress begins to role off.

Now that does not prevent me from suffering some situational depression - but it keeps it from becoming an overwelming thing.