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I don't feel living after i entered my college. It's the worst decision to study computer even i score very well.
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Nope. I am a cheerful, carefree soul, and it takes quite a bit to get me down.
It's certainly not computing that does it (although it can be frustrating and bang-your-head-on-the-table annoying from time to time).
I suspect it's a change of scene, of people, and of (maybe) homesickness.
Try getting involved with people more: make friends and go for a drink with them or chat up girls - whatever floats your boat! 
If you get an email telling you that you can catch Swine Flu from tinned pork then just delete it. It's Spam.
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It can be frustrating.
When I feel down, I try to fill my day with nothing but positive messages. Go watch an old Stooges movie, or whatever funny TV/Movie show you think will _make_you_want_to_laugh!
Creative people are genetically gifted & cursed. I always struggle to find balance. Understand that your creative high-energy periods will be balanced out with some period of blues.
Regarding your chosen field of study, my advice is to always pursue a field of study that you find interesting and challenging. You will spend your life doing whatever your chosen field is.
If you are in college, it's absolutely NORMAL to question life decisions. Your mind is chemically undergoing an important, and final adult stage of development -- reasoning.
For the record, I studied Finance & Creative Writing. Did not discover my passion, software, until after graduating and that was 32 years ago.
I code for joy and excitement.
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ToastedTOAD wrote: I studied Finance & Creative Writing
Now there's a combination to conjure with. Who did you do the books for?
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ToastedTOAD wrote: I studied Finance & Creative Writing
wouldn't that have just been a degree in accounting? 
Beauty is in the eye of the beer-holder
Be careful which toes you step on today, they might be connected to the foot that kicks your butt tomorrow.
You can't scare me, I have children.
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I can't speak for anyone else, but I would not stay in a career that caused me to be depressed!
Depression is not normal for any chosen career. If you are truly depressed, then please seek some help or chose to study something that doesn't depress you. A lifetime is way too long to live with depression!
CQ de W5ALT
Walt Fair, Jr., P. E.
Comport Computing
Specializing in Technical Engineering Software
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I doubt it's the career that's causing the depression -- he hasn't started the career, yet.
It's just early-college blues. Friends need to be found.
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Being good at something doesn't mean that it's a good choice for a career. Even if you score well, you should seriously question your choice of study if you find yourself feeling depressed most of the time. You might also want to consult a professional to help you determine whether it's computer science that gets you down, or something completely unrelated. This is important for you to address quickly and decisively; depression is a serious illness, often entirely treatable, that can destroy lives if allowed to run unchecked.
I, for instance, am extremely good with numbers, and would do - have done - very well in Accounting functions. But I hate accounting, and wouldn't consider a career in that field. But it wouldn't make me depressed, either. I'd just find something about it to enjoy until I could find another position. I doubt very much that it's just computer science that's making you depressed...
Will Rogers never met me.
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Being good with numbers isn't a prerequisite for accountancy. Haven't you seen Dalek Dave's posts?
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Do you mean he is a good accountant? 
Veni, vidi, vici.
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Good point, but what makes you assume that he's a good accountant? It sounds more to me as if he's more of the manager type, which as we all know, requires competence in absolutely nothing.
Will Rogers never met me.
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I didn't say he was a good accountant. I just said accountant.
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In fact, the term "good accountant" is an oxymoron. 
"Real men drive manual transmission" - Rajesh.
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One thing that makes people depressed is when they persist at doing something in which they find no satisfaction. All too often, students choose a major based on promised income and/or job stability, not based on what they enjoy doing. This doesn't mean you just pick something you like since there are other factors to consider. You may love basket weaving, but if you also like not living in poverty, it isn't for you.
Instead of programming, perhaps you just like computers and technology, not engineering, and IT would be a better career choice.
My suggestion is to stick with a practical degree, even if it's not the most enjoyable, but take the time to take other, diverse classes and see if something really works for you.
Another thing to recognize is that programming classes are quite different than programming work. I detested most CS classes and thus didn't major in Computer Science. I still don't like most computer programming classes/seminars/conferences.
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Valentine1993 wrote: I don't feel living after i entered my college. It's the worst decision to study computer even i score very well.
I loved computer science in college, but I didn't score at all. I had more fun with the computers.
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Harvey
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/ravi
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I feel like highly intelligent people often end up being quite depressed. What are your passions outside of CS? Sometimes finding a way to tie that in helps.
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Being unhappy, or in a perpetual state of boredom is not a depression.
But I agree it can eventually become a depression.
But I don't know if intelligence has much to do with it.
It's being suggested a lot, but there's no real evidence that this is actually true.
I believe that's primarily because highly intelligent people are communicating their feelings more openly, as opposed to behaving more towards what's expected from their surroundings. That doesn't mean the latter is less sad than the first.
Highly intelligent people are also more likely to see a neurologist or psychiatrist, not because they have more mental problems but because the cultural taboo about mental health is a lot smaller in higher educated circles than in lower educated circles.
Finally, highly intelligent people are more likely to have jobs that deprives them from physical activity, which reduces the amount of serotonin secretion in the brain. That's a social phenomenon, not directly caused by having a more than average intelligence.
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Are you familiar with Existential Depression?
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Being frustrated by your own limitations and insignificance and constantly aware of a myriad of things that are going wrong, or have a high probability of going wrong? Yes, I'm quite familiar with it.
As the doctor would say: “The universe is big, its vast and complicated and ridiculous.”
But I believe it's something you can learn to cope with eventually.
My strategy is to forgive the stupidity of others as well as my own and try to focus on what I can do, rather than on what I can't. You don't need to make sense of it all, because you can't anyway.
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Your first sentence does not really illustrate your understanding. I also don't really get the intent of the rest of your response either.
I mentioned it because it is not something that typically effects the ignorant, which was the topic.
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So you don't like school. Who did?
Get out and make friends (in the physical world, not on a computer), and keep up with your studies, because getting a redo for your education is very hard, so don't mess up the first try.
Things get better. And they get worse. And they get better. Etc. C'est la vie. Keep looking for things that make the day brighter.
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