I don’t have anything to live for-
-Some people have family, husb/wife, pets, etc. I have NO ONE.
-Some people have their health- I have life-long health issues that causes my depression and makes life so fucking difficult.
-Some people believe in a higher power- and that gives comfort to ppl. I have no such comfort.
-Some people believe in some kind of purpose- I have NO purpose, no reason to live. For what?
-Some people believe in an afterlife- aka JUSTICE- reward/punishment in heaven/hell. I don’t believe in any of that.
What is the point of living if there is NO ONE to share your life with, and NOTHING to believe in? Not just in religion but I have ZERO belief in JUSTICE and FAIRNESS. Life is cruel, unfair, and usually the shittiest people get the most in life. And then you die. And everything you’ve ever done gets erased. Well, assuming one even achieves anything worthwhile in this life.
You die as there is NO proof of an afterlife, especially one that claims to dole out justice (heaven/hell). Would be nice to believe but religion just tells us nice sweet things people want to hear.
Oh, there’s NO justice IRL? Don’t worry, bad people will be punished in the afterlife and you, who have suffered IRL, will be rewarded in the afterlife. Yeah no, there’s ZERO proof of any of that. And religion has pretty much been used by those in Control to 1- Control the Masses and 2- Placate the Masses so they do not revolt. Everything is made up to control and placate people.
(I am not here to debate religion, so for those of you who are religious, good for you, but do not try to argue religion with me as it won’t lead anywhere).
There is no point to life, no point in living. Engaging in hedonistic activities only goes so far, and even then, I no longer feel much joy from any of that anymore.
Lamenting about the pointlessness of life doesn’t help, and yet here I am… -_-
Just WTF do I do?
Existing day by day isn’t enough and distracting oneself with stuff like music, movies, yoga, food, drugs, SH, etc doesn’t cut it. So WTF do I do???
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And to top it off, we’re instilled with a fear of dying to make suicide an unattractive option. Odd how those who are successful at it are labeled “cowards.”
same point as for any other prisoner. I think about that a lot; what would I do if I was put in prison, and what people actually in that situation do….. some just sit, don’t do anything, serve their time, but then there are the type of people that find stuff to do, people to help, stuff to learn.
It is my hope to become like that second group. Yes, the fundamental pointlessness of it all gets to me at times. Yet, given the lie of purpose, it’s possible to make yourself believe. I like trying to make things I can’t buy, unique toys. It helps when the steps in the way of doing it are time consuming, because I can feed on the anticipation of what the completed product will look like
this post sums it up. Although I do have a faint purpose (getting weaker every day) the pointlessness of even a purpose is killing me. Life is like being sealed in a space capsule and shot into deep space never to return. You have food & water & a hole to piss n shit, maybe you have videogames & movies & books & even drugs to get ‘happy’ but wtf is the point if your life is completely meaningless. how many days can you take before you realize you’re buried alive and no one will ever notice.
So the issue is, you don’t feel that your life has any purpose or meaning. I would suggest picking a random activity and trying to be the best at it. it might sound stupid but you will never find reasons to live by thinking about it reasonably, intellectually, philosophically. the solution is to simply start doing something, and once you get into it, it ends up becoming your reason… if you look at the world with the idea that everything is about power and competition between things, and you get in touch with your own desire to be the best at something, then you can get to a point where you can handle the cruelties of life. and become self-content, competent, responsible, and likable.
of course, some things are more impressive to people than others so the likable part depends on what you choose to be good at. but people will definitely respect the person who does something more than the person who does nothing.
examples of things to do: boxing, weightlifting, art, cooking, hiking, editing, photography, studying, reading… could be anything
yeah well the problem is that i was hit by a car by an asshole that didn’t feel like stopping, and now my life/body/health is ruined. Sure, it’d be great to DO something, but being sick 24-7 makes it so that i friggin’ can’t. And that is ALSO the reason why i am depressed. that i can barely get the basic stuff done (cleaning, grocery shopping, etc) let alone ACTUALLY doing something.
So FML eh?