4th year PhD student(24 years old). I am lost Lately I have some issues with my academic life and my life. I am not doing anything. literally anything. This week, I was home all day, doing nothing. Just sleeping. I am seeing a therapist, but it is not that helpful. I am going to give you some background. I hope somebody could help me out here.

I am a 4th year PhD student. My major is electrical engineering and I am 24 years old. I started my PhD when I was 21 and everybody was telling me that "you're smart ", "you have a lot of time ahead of you", " Just chill", etc. I came to the states, leaving all my family behind to achieve my goals. And look at me now, I literally achieved nothing.  (I finished bachelor when I was 21).

All my life, I used to do the minimum to get the work done. So instead of going to MIT or Stanford, I ended up in a university with ranking of around 40, which is good for me. With that being said, I gradually started to decrease the amount of effort I put in my work. Getting to my 4th year of PhD, I only have two conference publications.

My therapist is telling me that I value the work I do. But I am not organized at all. I don't have a schedule. When I wake up in the morning I don't know what I want to do. When I go to the lab, I stare at the monitor and I don't know where to start. I procrastinate. So I open youtube, Instagram, Twitter, ... . Anything that help me ignore the reality. I am using my phone at least 10 hours per day. I want to change, but something big inside me is preventing me to do that. It hurts me when I see myself, achieving nothing. Sometimes I try to start. I go to a new place. I do some scheduling for what to do the next day. But it remains on the paper. I feel like I don't have the power to continue. But there is a flame inside me, which I know is still alive and I can do it. I am lost.

My advisor is kind. He's telling me I need to publish. He told me that I need to graduate next spring (2020). But he doesn't push me or anything. He tells me to go to him if I had any questions, so he could lead me through my work.  

I really don't appreciate the things I have now. When I look at my situation, I pity myself. 

I don't know what to do now. I really appreciate your help and answers.
It's a common opportunity/risk of a grad program that you have the cover to spin your wheels.  I blew a quarter once.

A small piece of advice that worked for me.  I enjoyed the childish pleasure of seeing my byline on published articles.  Maybe you can use publishing to motivate you?

My advice is to write up and publish any work that you have/can.  Just literally start a computer file, name it, add the various sections as headers (abstract, intro, etc.).  Then hit save.  You're started now.  Then work on WHATEVER PART IS EASIEST.  Not in order, not in logical progression.  But whatever moves (could be conclusion first).  After all, the darned thing is in a computer...you can always edit it!  This is so much better than the typewriter era.

If you don't have any data, I suggest to write up an outline publication of what you will publish when you get data. You probably know at least enough to do a decent intro section, citing the literature.  I have found that having the paper started can actually motivate the experimentation.