[smoyer]

"I would love to give something back to you"

You might want to help depressed hackers, but in the mean-time I'd suggest you can give far more than you'd guess. Each day, find someone you can "help" ... hold the door for someone with full arms, smile at someone who's scowling or tutor someone who's having a hard time understanding something you know well.

You'll certainly brighten their day, but you'll also find the satisfaction in being helpful (with no expectation of any compensation) will improve your mood too. Don't believe me? Try it for 30 days ... and if at some point you believe your life isn't worth living right now, think of what the people you've helped would say about your life.

[pedalpete]

Furthermore, your vocal call for help and openness toward depression may have helped many who are suffering in silence and have now gone to seek help.