Hi, I'm 27 and just wanted to know that I'm not just being lazy. I've had depression since I was twelve and we've tried to treat it with everything---but it has never gone away even for a bit. My therapist told me that I have dysthymia which in my case means my depression will get better and worse but it will never completely disappear for the rest of my life. My depression has, of course, affected my studies, went from straight As to failing every module repeatedly simple cause I couldn't do the work. I haven't gotten my degree yet, and it really is cause I can't concentrate at all..not on a textbook...or even a series I really love. Yet I see people my age with depression working and thriving and I compare myself to them. Do some of you also struggle with concentration to this degree? or am I just not trying hard enough