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Depressed ENTPs?

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Anyone know any theories of why ENTPs get depressed and how to stop it? I am an ENTP who has been depressed for nearly 3 years now (started off I believe from a rut I hit at the beginning of high school for the first 2 years, not terrible, I was less motivated, couldn't think as clearly, but still managed to keep a happy face on, keep people thinking I was funny and get okay grades and still come up with some really entrepreneurial shit) but for the past year, I've been so fucking depressed that it's just like an empty void. There seems to be nothing I can do to make it better, I've lost all my motivation and my ambitions and I feel hopeless and helpless and sad all the time about EVERYTHING (I know it's really irrational, deep down I know I'm not helpless and I am pretty versatile and smart but I don't know HOW to stop this omnipresent feeling)

Now, I haven't really told anyone about my depression, and I really don't want to. Should I? I don't know what I should do. And, please don't give me your sympathy. Not wanting peoples' sympathy and naive attempts at help is why I really haven't told anyone. Please just tell me what would be a good option. Don't say "positive thoughts" or some bullshit like that. If you have had depression before, you would know that "positive thoughts" don't help shit if you're really fucking depressed. I honestly don't even care about being slightly depressed, I just really hate being THIS depressed. What should I do and do ENTPs get depressed often?
 
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ENTP here. Are you not taking pleasure in life for unexplainable reasons or is it circumstances/the people around you? For me, it was the latter.

I've been moderately depressed since the end of my freshman year of high school (I will be going to college in the fall). The main reason for this is that I didn't fit in--with anyone. I keep reading that ENTPs are super popular and always fit in, but for me, that wasn't the case in high school. I get excited very easily (so I'm not "chill") and I am quite nerdy (so weird, in other words). People in the narrow-minded world of high school aren't big fans of Ne and especially not female ENTPs.

I would say that you should try to remember what you used to really like to do and fucking do it, man. For me, this was writing, politics and theatre. So I got back into these hobbies and it made me a less depressed person, but depression is still there as a lurking, but faint, shadow in the background. I think as ENTPs, we desire friends like any other extroverts (or people in general for that matter). Hopefully, my depression will go away as I enter university, make friends and have a vibrant social life.

I really don't know what to say dude. Message me if you want to talk.
 
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ENTP here. Are you not taking pleasure in life for unexplainable reasons or is it circumstances/the people around you? For me, it was the latter.

I've been moderately depressed since the end of my freshman year of high school (I will be going to college in the fall). The main reason for this is that I didn't fit in--with anyone. I keep reading that ENTPs are super popular and always fit in, but for me, that wasn't the case in high school. I get excited very easily (so I'm not "chill") and I am quite nerdy (so weird, in other words). People in the narrow-minded world of high school aren't big fans of Ne and especially not female ENTPs.

I would say that you should try to remember what you used to really like to do and fucking do it, man. For me, this was writing, politics and theatre. So I got back into these hobbies and it made me a less depressed person, but depression is still there as a lurking, but faint, shadow in the background. I think as ENTPs, we desire friends like any other extroverts (or people in general for that matter). Hopefully, my depression will go away as I enter university, make friends and have a vibrant social life.

I really don't know what to say dude. Message me if you want to talk.
I think my depression was triggered by an event at the beginning of freshman year of high school. My friends got caught smoking weed by the police and after that, that was really the end of our friendship. These kids were my absolute best friends and had been all throughout middle school and part of elementary. These kids were the kids that I'd have all my fun with (I'm a 7w8), and after I lost them, I really didn't have many fun people to hang around with anymore (my high school is really small and cliquey) and I guess I just slid further into depression because of that. I've had moments where I've felt better and clear-headed, but yeah. Not only do I have depression but I have this anxiety most of the time now (in most social situations besides with people I know very well) and I think it contributes to a feeling of brain fog. I'm glad that we seem on the same page, and I'd love to message you. My passions were politics, history, anthropology, and partially comedy (as a side thing) So, maybe I should get back into those more. By the way, could you message me because I don't know how, lol. Thank you for responding to this.
 
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