Hi young panda,

I agree with the other posters that you have "depression" (which is mainly just the name of a collection of symptoms). Being "Burned out" is really the same thing. I kind of doubt that it's severe, but my advice (speaking as an anonymous guy on the internet) is the same in either case. I think that the right plan is:

1. Go talk to your MD, get a medical checkup and tell him/her what's going on. That's because there are a bunch of pretty common purely medical/nutritional things that can cause depression. I have a partial list and a link to a video about this in post #45 of this thread

2. Statistically speaking, the best treatments for depression happen to be great for you anyway: Improve your diet, exercise, meditation, enjoy your friends and family. Why not do them all? I also really suggest that you try the secret weapon described in the above thread, especially for the kind of procrastination you're doing. It is easy and fun to try and at least sometimes produces very dramatic results. There are other cool ideas in the "Depression Success Stories" section of this forum and elsewhere.

3. If all else fails, and you're really in trouble go to the next step with professionals.

You're at a naturally stressful time of your life. So much is up in the air. This can be scary, but also exciting if you look at it the right way. For whatever it's worth, I have a good feeling about you. I think you're going to do just great

- vital