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writes:My mood switches a lot. I’ll be happy and content then I’ll be breaking down in tears.I’ve been like this for the last 3 years or so. For a while I hardly ate, started smoking, drank a lot, and self harmed. I stopped all of that over a year ago, but I still feel miserable. I cut the people out of my life that weren’t good for me/true friends etc, but that didn’t work either.I’ve recently passed my driving test, start seeing someone new, and have made some really amazing friends. Logically, I have nothing to be unhappy about, but I still am. I guess it must be depression, but I don’t want to be taking a pill to make me happy.Is there anything else I can do? I don’t do much when I’m at home; don’t really ‘achieve’ much in my life, so maybe doing more and something worthwhile would help? I don’t know what else to do, I’ve been struggling with this for so long and have run out of ideas.Any help, advice, suggestions, would be much appreciated.
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reader, aunt honesty  +, writes (15 January 2012):
 I think you need to book yourself in to see a therapist who can get to the bottom line of why you are feeling the way that you are. You mention that you feel you are not doing anything worthwhile. So I think you should look at what you want out of life and start by writing down goals on how you could achieve this and then start reaching them goals. With every goal you reach you should feel happiness.
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reader, tennisstar88  +, writes (11 January 2012):
 Besides medication, the only other thing is to go to your GP and see if he'll refer you to a therapist.
I struggle with depression and anxiety on a daily basis. It got to the point of where I thought I could fix myself, but I couldn't and sought help. You should've actually gotten help when you started to self harm.
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