Yup, sure is surprising the modern world is unhappy! Just take these pills, those will stop the underlying problem.
As for some anecdotes, I decided one day to stop taking my happy pills after I noticed my life was alright for about a year (Job Shitty retail, but whatever , saving money, goal management). I ended up not feeling any different. I thought my depression was gone, then got depressed again during the holidays, my work was affected and eventually I snapped and quit. I thought my chances were much better to find another job again because "muh experience," but I was wrong. Now I'm full NEET again.
After this experience, I realihe matter is that babby'zed that a "higher ideal," something on the more spiritual side of man, is absolutely needed. The fact of ts first monkey work type jobs are highly coveted since so many people are out of work. Even when you get such a job, it eventually becomes apparent that you may actually be stuck there for a long time, simply because no one else will hire you, so if the work you're doing isn't suited for you, it doesn't really matter how you feel, because you likely won't be able to go anywhere else.
If you don't like your job, your chances of being able to explore different jobs are low because of financial challenges. You can't explore. You have a reasonable chance of being unemployed. Video games are a "black market" of male achievement. For men, femininity is only prevalent in Chinese cartoons and women are taking away men's worth by working as much as they do. Speaking of femininity, you'd be led to believe it CAN'T be real, but eastern Europe and our forefathers would say otherwise I live in the city, maybe rural America is safer.. You can get money, you can get /fit/, you can spend years learning something at some college. However, what is the point? No one relies on me, faggot commies are gonna keep trying to take my shit, getting married and raising a family is a dangerous game, especially for betas. Being depressed comes off as EX-Demoralization and we all know how easy it is to take advantage of apathetic people. When you keep searching for paths and watch them all burn up in front of you, you need to have a will stronger than iron and skills far beyond the average scope, and seeing how most of us have been raised, it should come as no surprise that many get thrown in a rut, even the ones that bother struggling still call it quits or worse.
That said, I still insist any depressed fuckers out there to at least eat right and exercise. Much like video games, the results ARE clear and visible, and no excuses. The jews may create useless jobs and processes to find the "perfect" cashier, but they'll never be able to create a "better" body than yours or a process that's more accurate than what your body tells you. At least not yet. Other than that, if you haven't gotten rid of the "tfw no gf" idea, get rid of it as much as possible and throw some job applications around without caring too much and clean the house or something. Tiny successes/accomplishments will raise your mood.