Do you have any insurance? If not, try community mental health. Ask if they have counselors available on a sliding scale basis. Try your family doc--tell him/her that you think you are depressed and see if they will give you a script for antidepressants. Try talking with a minister at church--they offer counseling normally as part of their pastoral service. If you are in school, there may be a guidance counselor who could help. There are also self-help books. My favorite (recommended by the pdoc I saw in the hospital) is Burns, "Feeling Good Handbook."
This is the end of winter...you may have seasonal affective disorder. If so, getting some sun every day during the midday hours will help. Worth a try.
Did you take the sanity quiz? That and the depression quizzes here on PC may be helpful to you as well.
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