Very inspiring, thank you. I agree about the importance of purpose. I think what happens with my son is that - since he has been a perfectionist and at times an over-achiever - he’s become over focused on results rather than the process or the effort. He volunteers with several community groups but in his dark moments professes his frustration and despair at not having power to “make a difference.” He’s applied for various jobs and when he doesn’t get them becomes discouraged and says that nothing he does makes him feel any better. As others - especially mgrspixi25 - have noted here this is a destructive pattern. And I know that only he has the power to break that pattern of negative thought - something that I have told him as I’m sure his therapists have as well.