Firhel

Not the OP obviously, but have you looked into volunteering at your local big/little organizations? It's the ones where you get assigned a kid to hang out with. A lot of group homes also look for volunteers to play games or bond with the kids. It's a true commitment so you'd have to make sure you were serious, and it would be a bit of a scheduled thing for you to look forward to every week or however often. Having that one thing you look forward to and forces you out doing things can add some structure to your life and change your mindset in other parts of it.

I'm no where near as amazing as the OP but I have dealt with depression, anxiety, and made a decision around your age to start living my life to bring smiles. I can absolutely 100% say he is probably much happier helping people. We're all human and can't do it every time, but knowing we can bring someone joy through simple things like being polite or asking how their day was? Tossing someone a few dollars while you're ahead because you know what it's like to be short on groceries. Or even helping someone put their cart away. It's endless what we can do, even with limited funds. It doesn't have to be huge, people will still be thankful for little things.

How and where can we around the world donate more trauma supplies?

Don't you dare belittle yourself. You offer a service that cannot be replaced and I for one want to thank you for your work.

Came here to ask this. And to further it, do you feel, as a proud Zamboni driver, that that scene shed bad light on your career choice?

I smoke and agree. If I go somewhere with the understanding that smoking is illegal, I know I can get in trouble if I am caught smoking. Don't get mad at this dude for following the rules, be mad at the rule and try to change it if you feel strongly on it.