I am so overwhelmed and struggling right now that it feels like I have no options and I'm intractably stuck. I know logically that I do have options but I can't sort out what I could do from what I shouldn't, what might work from Just Don't Go There, and getting objective, realistic advice is difficult. [more inside]
posted by noxetlux on Oct 23, 2012 - 16 answers

How to deal with post-depression goal changes (or aimlessness)? [more inside]
posted by StoneSpace on Aug 12, 2011 - 8 answers

I live a sad, lonely, purposeless existence in a city that I'm not crazy about. Should I try to fix my life here, move back to the city that I loved, or quit my job and travel around the world for a year in the hopes of finding a mission in life? [more inside]
posted by coelacanth! on Jan 31, 2011 - 25 answers

As a 30-year old who is a part-time grad student and a full-time office worker, are my goals to get control over my life (weight loss, finances, home, work, etc) really unrealistic? Is there a way to just be NORMAL and balanced, or is it really just normal not to really have things together, even as an adult? [more inside]
posted by dumbledore69 on Nov 13, 2009 - 27 answers

What to do with myself? [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Aug 17, 2008 - 10 answers

How to climb out of severe depression? [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Jul 9, 2008 - 21 answers

Since developing bipolar disorder, and subsequently being out of work since April 2005, I find my motivation and concentration has gone to be replaced by apathy and what must seem to others like laziness. Has anyone else been in a similar situation and got themselves out of it, and if so, how? [more inside]
posted by AuroraSky on Dec 26, 2006 - 17 answers