Hi everyone,

I am 29 years old. I managed two years of college before I dropped out due to my Major Depressive Disorder. Then I tried working odd jobs - I think I've worked at about five different places... but the longest I stayed was for six months at Petsmart before I became too depressed to keep on and quit. That was in 2008, and I haven't had a job since then.

I feel very useless and ashamed because I cannot hold a job; in the US a person's "worth" in society is more based on his productivity and wealth than in other countries/cultures.

I am curious to know how many of you are unable to work due to depression, if this undermines your own self-worth, etc. How do you make yourself feel productive if you are too depressed to leave your own house most of the time (that's me at the moment)?

Thanks all!