Hello, KittyBug!
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Originally Posted by KittyBug
I tried to talk to my therapist about it but she had no good advice on how to pull myself out of this huge slum of depression.
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Depression erodes motivation, for sure.
These are just thoughts, not necessarily advice.
I know of no way to
directly conjure motivation. Often (not always), if you treat the depression (meds, therapy, self-help, sleep, exercise, diet, self-soothing, etc.), motivation sooner or later returns on its own.
Depression can be a severe impediment to education. Depending on the nature of an individual's unique experience of depression, it may be more valuable -- not to mention cost-effective -- to temporarily cease academic efforts while dealing with the worst of the depressive episode. Nevertheless, many do manage both depression and academe, albeit at some personal cost.
You might want to look at the PC
School & Study Issues Forum.
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