I have emotional breakdowns at least once a week What is this disorder called Is it a disorder Read

have emotional breakdowns when I see things that deal with childhood, parenting, family, and things of that nature. My dad did leave when I was 9 and my mom and I do have a good relationship. I'm 22 now and I have a good life, I am not that depressed. Some days I am in a great mood while others seem like punishment to be alive. I am a college sr and have goals, so when I get depressed, I just slack off a little bit, but I know in order to graduate, I have to get up out of bed and go to class. I just have these feelings of guilt, regret, slight hopelessness, and total sadness when I come across these subjects. What is this? I am easily bothered and normally melt down once I can get by myself for a few minutes.

What is this? What can I do about it? I don't understand it.

I can totally relate to what you are going through. I'm also 22, college senior. Around my junior year, I began feeling the exact same way. Usually when I would think about the future--or for no reason at all, I would get extremely anxious and would completely break down. I never wanted to get out of bed, I would cry for what seemed to be no reason at all. Things that didn't upset me before, all of the sudden started to upset me. I slacked off majorly in school, was a bit anti-social, developed a really poor self-esteem.

I didn't think I was depressed-- but now that I look back at the situation, I do believe that I was. I started birth control, which may have effect my hormones a bit...but it took me awhile to get over it on my own because I was embarassed to speak with anyone about it, since I felt like I was getting upset over nothing.