Me gots the blues

There are a few ways I look at this.

If this is more of those teenage things, then while it seems impossible at the time, one can only grow up from it. We all have those down days, just as one matures you'll get through them.

However, at some point you also need to make changes. If you are going for some goal that routinely seems helpless, then it's time to make a change. A change in goals. A change in life.

Giving yourself an impossible goal that won't be reached in the next several years or whatever can cause this. The trick is to have shorter goals in between long-term goals. As an analogy, although this one is more computerish, if one were to make a program like Boggle, the long-term goal is to have a game of Boggle, full of features. Short-term goals might be to figure out how to display the board, the logic of the computer, how to keep score, how to check words, etc. As you reach one of the short term goals, you'll feel more confident and successful, and be on the way to a long term goal.

As I mentioned, this also might mean one needs a change in life. Yes, life IS suppose to have discomfort. That's part of life. Life is not easy nor fair. That's just how it is. And yes, you are suppose to just accept and deal with some of it. That is part of maturing. However, I will also say that SOMETIMES this is a clue that one needs to change a part of one's life. As an example, if one is unhappy with their major, perhaps it's time to take a step back, and evaluate things again to decide if a change in major is needed. This does NOT mean you should take the easy way out of every situation. Rather, if you find yourself repeatedly and for a long time unhappy on some aspect of your life, perhaps you should change it (presuming the change is a positive one).

Jam it back in, in the dark.