Hello Silver Queen --

This is called DEPRESSION, so you have come to the right place to talk about it. I urge you to go to the counseling services on your campus RIGHT NOW.

I apologize for using caps, traditionally considered "shouting" on the web, but I want to do everything I can to URGE YOU to do something NOW.

Do not wait to see if things are going to get better.

Do not sleep through the day and get out of bed when the counseling services are closed. It doesn't matter if you throw on clothes that should be in the laundry or if you need a shower. It doesn't matter if you can hardly make yourself go. GO ANYWAY.

If you do sleep all day, and you still feel bad when you get up, call a crisis line or get into the chat room here. And then ABSOLUTELY POSITIVELY GO TOMORROW. Please?????

I was in a similar place to you for most of the summer, and it just got worse and worse. I wound up feeling as if I couldn't move from my recliner, where I sat plugged into the 'net and playing e-solitaire. It was very, very bad.

Then I had a bright idea -- hey, maybe I should start back into counseling. That led to me getting a physician who could evaluated my medications. With a higher dosage, I am at last coming out of it.

But I let myself suffer all summer. And the longer the paralysis of depression goes on, the harder it is to do anything to help oneself.

IPlease take care of yourself, Silver Queen, and post here as often as you need to. I can to URGE YOU to do something NOW. GO ANYWAY This is really, really important, okay?