I can´t feel any joy in life

For many years I´ve felt that I´m stuck in life and even if I´ve tried and try to change things I feel a lot of emptiness. I see a T and that´s a support but I still feel loneliness and that I don´t have a way forward in life. I´ve studied the last year and that has been interesting but I can only feel meaning for a short period of time. Most of the time I don´t feel any meaning. It´s not that I´m thinking of suicide but I never seem to find my way in life.

I´ve been unemployed for several years and now I´m thinking of slowly adapting to work life again and to try to find a place to use my knowledge in several fields and from my academic exams.

But I don´t believe in it and even if positive things happen they don´t stay with me and that´s so also when I´m not especially down or anything.

Does anyone relate to this?

Hi Sarah.

Depressive symptoms and the inability to feel pleasure or gain traction in your life could be the result of many things.

It is good that you have the support from your therapist, however...measuring hormone levels & checking underlying symptoms may reveal something that could be fixed with the right medications. Deficiencies can manifest in debilitating symptoms and cause us great anguish. Often doctors opt to follow the path of least resistance by prescribing anti depressant medication as a 'fix all'. I suggest that you speak to a medical Doctor and ask to have some blood/urine work done...just to rule possible depletions/deficiencies out.

Of course events in our lives can cause depressive symptoms aswell..but to work toward improving our quality of life it's important to cover all bases first.

Be kind to yourself Sarah