How to stop the depression cycle? So, I have battled depression my whole life. In the last few years I’ve realized that it stops for a few months, then either I fall back into it, or I seek out my depression like it’s something to help fill the void. There’s the emptiness in me, but for some reason, I try filling it with sadness sometimes. I know this sounds nuts, but I need serious answers. I have a hard job, can’t go to college, and I’m not really going anywhere. I don’t have a girlfriend or much of social life and I am introverted. How can this all get fixed?