FeelingOpaque,

I always like to consider someone's age when I think about a diagnosis, especially when it comes to depression and self esteem challenges. There can be so many contributing factors for "depression" when it comes to teenagers and those in their 20's. It's not unusual for someone in their teens to have anxiety issues and question their worthiness in different ways.

What is one's family situation, relationship with parents, interests that include some forms of exercising the body as well as developing the "physical connection between body and mind" in increasing increments where the person who is "growing" and believe me "you are still growing", can have some way of filling that "whole body natural desire to utilize years in physical and mental evolution where we are designed to be a very "physically active" species.

It "is" important to not just look at self, but to consider humanity as a whole and how we have evolved the way we have for our survival. It is also important to consider your own hormonal levels because that can also have a lot to do with how you feel overall as well.

I see constantly that there are so many your age that seem to think they need to have some grand life plan, know who they are, what they are going to be in life, and rarely does someone that age have enough "life experience" to really know the answer to those questions.

OE