Q: Hey bill. I'm extremely sad. I fail a lot of the things I want to get good at. And my environment makes it hard for me to have hope and feel better about myself. I can't help but think that's no matter how hard I try to live a happy life, I'm going to fail and be extremely depressed forever. I'm extremely hopeless and tears are flowing from my eyes as I type this. I really want things to go better but I've been struggling for years. I'm trying so hard to calm myself down but I find it so hard... please- I'd really appreciate anything you can say to that you feel could help me.
A: take a walk and then give me an update on what you saw / learned / thought