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For whatever reason. E.g.: - your job sucks - your relationship sucks - sucks that you don't have a relationship - don't make enough money - unemployed - nobody around you gets you - etc...
What do you do?
Then I shitpost.
Sometimes I game.
I get something to eat, or I exercise. Then I shitpost. Sometimes I game.
You feel bad. It's perfectly fine, more than fine, in fact. Tell yourself it's good for you to feel what you're feeling right now. Because it is . Now, what are you feeling like you want to do? Does it hurt other people? No? Then go do it. Or you want to sit here and do nothing? Then do that. Just be.
Just look at all the gifted child posts and their comments, it's super sad.
I don't get it.
With the latter, you can work out a plan of action to gradually lift yourself out of misery. Since you're on HN, you're in a community of like-minded perceptive, intelligent individuals. There's an abundance of advice in previous threads on this subject.
The former is more complicated, and potentially dangerous. It's classified as a 'mental illness'. Professional assistance may be called for; other times one can recognise the effects, realizing that the cause is within rather than without. If a good night's sleep doesn't cure it, seek assistance...