QUOTE: “Nobody cares” can mean “I currently have no emotional support.”
Not everyone comes from a supportive family. In fact, there are some families that can make symptoms of depression feel worse because you can’t talk about it. Depression can also cause damage to existing relationships and friendships. It can add to your depression to feel that you don’t have anyone to turn to in order to gain support.
How to challenge this belief:
It may very well be true that you are lacking in supports right now. Sometimes we have to create our own “family” as in developing a family of friends. It may seem daunting, but reaching out to others who are going through a similar battle with depression and joining a support group can be a good first step. Some people reach out to their place of worship. Others find support through therapy. Just because you lack support now doesn’t mean it has to remain this way."

i personally found i needed to reach outside my family to feel cared about. my friends have become my "family." their love is more unconditional and supportive. i was in agreement with her post remarks and solution for not feeling cared or understood by one's blood family.

re the mayo article-the best thing i've found is to do something nice to another person. it seems to lift my spirits and wards off depression. hard to do when depressed but i try anyway cause i know it works for me.

i too, byz, don't want others to fix me. most often i just wish to be heard. i don't know the full extent of this working but a part of it is a person validating who i am by just listening. offering no judgements or solutions to my feelings. the exception for me is having had a therapist that presented ways that i was willing to hear by trusting him. enabling me to change my perception re black or white conclusions. many of those feelings came from false beliefs i had about myself. i still have many and/or they reoccur. there were other times i shut him out cause i couldn't make that leap. i would mull over his suggestions until the next appt. keeping an open mind, asking him questions helped too.
having gotten to "know" you it may be that the law firm just wasn't as visionary as you. not being able to see the forest for the trees. not wanting change tho change can be good-thinking outside the box. thank you, byz. a really good topic.