Has anyone with depression ever felt like this before?

Question

I'm 19 and just finished my first year in college. I've seen everyone around me do spectacularand fun things with their life like having children, getting married, traveling the world, etc at such a young age. I just feel so alone and feel like nothing amazing will happen. I am young and should be having fun, right? I want to travel the world someday but it just seems that it will happen when I'm way older. Has anyone felt like this before? What did you do to help those feelings?

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I felt totally lost when I was 18-19. Didn't know what I wanted to major in, kinda closed myself off from making new friends and whatnot. You just have to go out and experience things. You never know who you will meet when you're out! I somehow ended up joining the Marine Corps and now live in Japan! I also met my husband in the most unexpected way.

Moral of all this... Don't worry too much about it. Things will fall into place and you will have your adventure. You're only 19.

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Hey, since you probably won't have children or get married anytime soon while your in college, why not do study abroad, look at your college and see what programs they have that fit your major. If you really want to travel do something about it! Do it now while your young, that's what I just did. Later on, when you settle down your gonna have to take care of people and go around other people's schedules. Live the life you want right now, no matter what age you have. Don't wait till your older. You can do whatever you want now. And depression will come up, but it's important to have people around you that keep you focused and preoccupied on your goals. And don't forget to live in the present moment, be mindful. I've gotta live that every day.

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That "am I on the right track?" will pop up and freak you out, especially if things aren't going so well and suffer from depression like I do. I think it's normal, like we don't want to be fuck ups and miss on great life opportunities. Social pressures are around you don't listen to that, ask youself what you want for yourself, the kind of experiences youd like to have, see your asspirations and goals. You're young and have time for all that stuff but it's about what you want. Sometimes life takes off track and it's just another test for you and you other times you get unexpected journeys, don't fight it, enjoy the ride. 😀

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I felt like that but I was a teenage mom. I felt like everyone around me was living their life and forgetting about me. All I did was focus on me and what made me happy. And of course my child. I didn't let being a young mom stop me and finished highschool and got a full time job.

My suggestion for you is when you have time off, travel. Or save up money to travel with when you graduate. Just take an entire 2 weeks or month and do things for you. Life isn't easy and it never will be. It's our experiences that help us become who we are. Don't rush and find your niche in life. Do you.

Has anyone with depression ever felt like this before?

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