Right now my face is going through every emotion known to Man, and settling on *facepalm*. What kind of therapy did you get, "Better Living Through Learned Helplessness"!?!?

Seriously though, any therapy (or feedback from others in general) that leaves you feeling worse off than you started was clearly a case of the therapist or technique isn't a good fit, or the practitioner doesn't know how to help you. I don't think abandoning hope in whatever gives you a sense of meaning or satisfaction in life is helpful at all.

There is a diagram known as "Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs", NOT "Maslow's Hierarchy of Negotiable Options That Are Kinda Nice But Oh Well"! I've come to realize just recently that the things that make me feel alive (and therefore non-depressed!!) are in my mind, "highly negotiable and probably not going to happen anyway" (in the words of my inner self-doubts). This is part of MY problem right there! I must not give up on what makes me feel alive - and I hope you won't either! (((((( I.Am.The.End. ))))))