It won't always seem that way. I know that because I feel the same way when I get down, but I don't always think that I'm lazy and no good. My mother wouldn't have approved of me getting help for depression either. She was too interested in controlling my life, not giving me a chance to make it better. What I had to do was put a lot of space between us so that I would have a chance. It was hard, but I don't regret it. When you are up against a brick wall, job you don't enjoy, seeming like life is heading nowhere, and you are stuck where you are and it isn't worth trying, that's a sign that you are not on the right track, and are not doing what you really need to do in order to live your life according to your life purpose. It's time to think about what you would be doing if you didn't have the problems that you do now. Once you know that, then you can find your way to get onto the path that leads there. I know it seems like the obstacles are too great, but don't worry about that right now - we can deal with the obstacles as we get to them, and we can find a way over, under, around, or through that you just can't see yet. What is it that you really want to do?

(If thinking about what you want to do is too hard, give the antidepressants a little time to kick in, and then come back to it.)

<font color=orange>"Never forget: 2 + 2 = 5 for extremely large values of 2."</font color=orange>