My personal experience is that depression is not so much an illness as it is your brain telling you that something is not right with your present circumstances. When I took the pills, they were only treating the symptoms.
You will have to discover your own solution, but for what it's worth, here are three things that actually fixed MY depression:
1. Exercise. Not only will this improve your health--it will change the way people treat you. If you have any kind of physique at all in most places -- instant respect.
2. Aldous Huxley's "Brave New World." I think someone said that anger comes from results not meeting expectations. This book brought a lot of things into focus for me and made my expectations more harmonious with reality.
3. Pushing myself to do uncomfortable things for growth. I studied computer engineering because everyone said I was smart, and I liked computers. I had zero people skills. As self-therapy, I went into real estate. I figured sales would be a trial-by-fire for dealing with people. One of the better decisions I've made in my life! Getting a break from semi-autistic engineering types vastly improved my social skills, and having to deal with the general public further refined my expectations of reality.
P.S.> On a professional note, chasing buzzwords and credentials is a servile pursuit, and will probably put you at a bargaining disadvantage. The key thing is to provide value.
I know people without degrees who have provided value. People come to them, and pay them what they ask.
I also know people from MIT and Princeton who have not provided value, and they still have to toady-up and suck it like everyone else.
You will have to discover your own solution, but for what it's worth, here are three things that actually fixed MY depression:
1. Exercise. Not only will this improve your health--it will change the way people treat you. If you have any kind of physique at all in most places -- instant respect.
2. Aldous Huxley's "Brave New World." I think someone said that anger comes from results not meeting expectations. This book brought a lot of things into focus for me and made my expectations more harmonious with reality.
3. Pushing myself to do uncomfortable things for growth. I studied computer engineering because everyone said I was smart, and I liked computers. I had zero people skills. As self-therapy, I went into real estate. I figured sales would be a trial-by-fire for dealing with people. One of the better decisions I've made in my life! Getting a break from semi-autistic engineering types vastly improved my social skills, and having to deal with the general public further refined my expectations of reality.
Hope this helps!