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I am a 14 year old male who does not lead the life of a typical 14 year old teen. I go to one of top high schools in the United States, one known for its notorious workload. This does contribute to a lot of stress, but I've been able to handle relatively easily. This summer, I've had depression. Not diagnosed, but I've felt sad for about four months straight, with only a few days of happiness. For the past three weeks, my depression has been non existent since I've been eating foods rich and omega and just staying healthy. One day, I slept at 3:45 at night doing homework, and I could not sleep. My mind was NOT calm when I was sleeping, it was very active due to the amount of homework I was doing. When I slept, my heart raced a bit (I don't know why) and I couldn't fall asleep. Everytime it seemed like I'd drfit off, i felt like i was going to die and never wake up. Perhaps I was just too tired and was over thinking. Well anyways, I did not respond fearful to that event or i didn't become depressed, which was a very good sign. But recently, I've felt that all the emotion from me is drained. I still laugh while watching comedy shows a bit, but I'm not genuinely happy or sad, just zero emotion whatsoever. I'm super worried that this will last forever, I don't want to have this happen! Is this a part of depression showing that I haven't fully healed, and will this ever pass? What can I do to improve my mood. And it's only been a few days with my lack of emotion and I've been a bit sleepy recently (only getting 6 hours of sleep a night) Am I over thinking this? Am I just really tired? PLEASE HELP! i'm so worried :/
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replied December 14th, 2010
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Hi kobebryant417 and welcome to ehealth: Please understand that I am not a professional and really don't know anything about life except what experience has taught me...Only I know one thing and that is that you are wore out...You must find something to calm you down...Do some sports...Find something that you enjoy...Get away from this routine in life that you are doing...Change times of studying...Don't eat the same food all the time...Break this cycle that you have made and be a young man just learning life...Make yourself happy....Think of the things that interest you and go with it...Life is not studying all the time it is also living and smelling the roses...Go to places in your mind that you enjoy....If the workload is too hard then speak to your teachers about it...Honey, you are young...Don't let these wonderful years of youth slip away....I send you my best wishes...Take care...

Caroline
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