Just curious- how many of you guys have hope that your life will be better and that you’ll be happy / find happiness at some point in your life? And how many people believe that they’ll be depressed forever or that their life isn’t likely to get better?
Also, if you could include your age, or approximately how old you are (like 20’s, 30’s, 40’s, 50’s, 65+, under 21, teenager, tween, etc).
Just wondering what the state of mind is of the people on here. And if age matters on outlook. Thanks.
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33. I don’t think my life will get better, but i don’t think my depression is going to get much worse either. My guss is that as long as i hang on i’ll desensitize a lot more (already happened a bit in the past few years). Whether that’s bad or good… no idea.
I’m in a state of limbo where I have no idea whats going to happen. Of course I want things to get better but it starting to seem unrealistic. I’m almost 19.
If I can actually find a special someone to build a life with that won’t cheat on me then yeah I know I’ll be other things in life won’t be that bad for some reason good relationships made all my other problems seem less important probably because I cared more about their happiness than my home situation and what not
47 here. I never lose hope that my life will get better. I’m just going through a really bumpy time right now and (gosh this feels like true life confessions here). Today I’m ok. Today I am good. There have been really bleak times especially in the last 6 months. But I am more a danger to myself when I am crashing from a sustained high than I am in danger of ending it when I’m depressed. Truthfully the depression is more flat feelings and I don’t want to do anything much less have the energy to plan a calculated well executed suicide attempt. So in that respect I guess I’m part of the population here at SP that rolls a roulette wheel daily regarding how each day will be.
35 and although I could be depressed in my future. I dont think i will be. Its up to me. Like i am sad things didnt work out. And i tried to talk to her again.. I tried.. Shes vlear that she doesnt want me as anything.. But im not hurting like i was. I am still hurting. I asked to be her friend.. She eventually told me i have self esteem and serious confidence issues. But dont want me. She dont care for me. I might be depressed forever about it. I might not
My hope is gone. Whatever i clung to for months is over. I suck. And shouldve just been honest when i had a chance. Or done better
“How other people exist” ain’t exactly something I’ve ever been a party to. I just do my thang, ’cause there ain’t nothing to it, seen? I hold very little “hope” in the traditional sense; it is what it is and these are the circumstances dealt to me, and influenced in part by past transgressions which I was involved in.
I’m 22 BTW.
I’m 28. When I try to look at my life objectively, the odds of it significantly improving seem highly unlikely. I’m not sure I’m even capable of happiness at this point. Then again, I’m a depressive, so of course I don’t feel like things will get better.
Anyway, I still have hope. However unlikely it may seem, happiness still feels like a faint possibility. Even if it’s a snowball’s chance in hell of actually working out, I guess it’s enough to keep me here. The perception of a chance of happiness, however tiny, seems to be worth enduring huge amounts of certain shit for. Not sure that’s a rational approach, but it seems to be how my mind’s wired.
I’m 21. I have days where I feel I can get past this pain and other days where I just want to give up. It seems whenever I try to fight I’m always knocked back down.
I’m currently unsure what to do but maybe I should stop working so hard to achieve things that I have been told will make my life “better.”
I’m under 21.
There are days where I feel that I can bypass these problems and my thinking is sound.
There are also days where I feel awful and nothing will change from doing nothing. What you get out is what you put in is the mindset that sticks when I’m feeling awful. You tend to see a lot more of that in my posts on here.
Then there are days where I feel neutral and I think nothing of how I feel throughout the day. This is normally when I’m preoccupied with something else.
Overall, my thinking is positive. I’ve seen my life in a better position before, so I see no reason why it can’t return that way or even better. The major problem here is myself and that’s the hardest thing to fix – but I believe it’s doable. I’m feeling more optimistic than usual, that’s why these words are coming out. On my bad days, you’ll hear the opposite. I’m still unsure of how to ‘fix’ myself, as easy as it is to say. I’m hoping to find a way in the future if I’m still clinging on by then.