Hey Nagasaki, I thought you might enjoy this if you have not seen it, it's interesting.. It's called the purpose of the purpose
He has a lot of very interesting talks. Quite enjoyable if you are interested in these sorts of things. CBT can help a lot. It helped me quite a bit... and I did some through group therapy, and a lot on my own. Mindfulness is also a very helpful tool. Jon Kabot Zinn has some great videos on youtube to learn from.
It can get better, I was dx'd with Bipolar 1 which I thought was a bit of a death sentence at first, but it has gotten a lot better after I found the right things for me. That takes time to figure out, what will work for you and what will not. We are all a bit individual in this aspect.