Welcome to PC. I think you can find a lot of help here.
It doesn't sound like depression to me. That really depends on all your symptoms, how severe, how long, etc. Definitely feelings of low self worth and inadequacy, issues around your parents divorce, and maybe issues in childhood before that. Kids always blame themselves even if you understand rationally it isn't your fault. And it is common to build walls as a defense mechanism to shelter us from the trauma and emotions it causes us. You can only keep things walled off for so long before they start affecting you.
I would suggest therapy.
Here are some links for areas on this site you might find helpful. Keep posting.
Types & Symptoms of Depression | Psych Central
Psych Central - Depression Screening Test
15 Common Cognitive Distortions | Psych Central
Fixing Cognitive Distortions | Psych Central
Steps to Better Self-Esteem - Forums at Psych Central
Self-Help Ideas and Goal Setting - Forums at Psych Central
Self-Esteem | Psych Central
Is Low Self-Esteem Making You Vulnerable to Depression? | World of Psychology
How To Raise Your Self-Esteem | Psych Central
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The "paradox" is only a conflict between reality and your feeling of what reality "ought to be." -- Richard Feynman
Major Depressive Disorder
Anxiety Disorder with some paranoid delusions thrown in for fun.
Recovering Alcoholic and Addict
Possibly on low end of bi polar spectrum...trying to decide.
Male, 50
Fetzima 80mg
Lamictal 100mg
Remeron 30mg for sleep
Klonopin .5mg twice a day, cutting this back
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