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General dislike of life. Input would be awesome
    #19142192 - 11/15/13 06:59 PM (10 years, 2 months ago)

Hey guys.

Just wanting to get other peoples perspectives on life really. Basically i love all the wonder and excitement that the world holds but i greatly dislike the way that life is. Im generally unmotivated and unenthusiastic about almost anything. I feel as though everything in life is dictated by someone or something else, like everything i do is simply the best i can try and do in the situation to get to my own goals in life but that is different to what society itself wants from me.
I am seeing professional help. I am trying to change it. Nothing is working. Nothing ever has.

What are your views on life? Are there people who think like me on here?

Cheers guys :smile:


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Re: General dislike of life. Input would be awesome [Re: Ace1928]
    #19142254 - 11/15/13 07:12 PM (10 years, 2 months ago)

I believe your not alone on this feeling.  Im likely wrong but you sound like you're lonely. If that's the case. I would find someone you care more for than yourself.  Find a hard working job.  . A hard working man is just too damn tired to give a phuc about the troubles of society . My two cents. Its worked for me. Like today i find out . No one had the lazy lettuce. Normally i would be p.o.ed but i just hard days work. And I'm just too tired to bitch. :smirk:


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Re: General dislike of life. Input would be awesome [Re: hypnofrog15]
    #19142283 - 11/15/13 07:22 PM (10 years, 2 months ago)

without getting too religious on ya and staying on your topic. In the Bible the book of proverbs is filled with quote after quote of what intelligent people thought of life. And the ways life should be viewed. Read it. You will find it very practical. I read one verse before i head out the door.
The funny thing is i don't even go to church. I just find the Bible to have answers to all.all all my questions on life. Its a great read.

I'm sending good thoughts your way brotha. :cool:


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Re: General dislike of life. Input would be awesome [Re: hypnofrog15]
    #19142312 - 11/15/13 07:28 PM (10 years, 2 months ago)

Cheers for the input guys. Yeh im looking at getting a hard working job atm. For that reason. But i find that no matter how physically tired I am my brain just goes and goes and goes.

As for the bible thing i do very much like proverbs but I find that no matter how inspirational something is I can't just simply take that on board and go through the day using the new found wisdom.

I used to have someone who I valued much more than myself. Effectively every single thing i did was for them. That was nice. I had a purpose to life and felt wanted etc. But that was thrown in my face and further consolidated my hatred and mistrust of people.

I think  my biggest problem is the same that so many people have asked before. What is the meaning of it all? Why should we bother?


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Re: General dislike of life. Input would be awesome [Re: hypnofrog15] * 1
    #19142362 - 11/15/13 07:36 PM (10 years, 2 months ago)

Do you suffer from any chemical imbalances? Are you on a decent, nutritional diet? Do you exercise? Socialize? A combination? If it's none of these, maybe i can put in my two cents.

This is life. It's the only one you will ever have. Realize that every moment of every day, you are at the wheel and deciding where your life takes you. Go to school, read a book, volunteer, adopt a child, a dog, a frog! Go out of the country, and leave everything behind but yourself! find out who you truly are in a completely new environment, where you will have to learn from yourself and others what you are truly capable of!

there is no meaning. we invented meaning. you have to invent yours.


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Re: General dislike of life. Input would be awesome [Re: TheEternalOpenEye]
    #19142432 - 11/15/13 07:50 PM (10 years, 2 months ago)

I possibly suffer from depression (surprise surprise) or perhaps bipolar. And have recently been diagnosed with ADD (might i say that the drugs for add are wonderful and do help). I have a good diet. I exercise quite regularly and have a decently active social life as well. I'm intelligent and can do almost anything i set myself to do also.

I have everything that most people desire but none of it is particularly what I want.

I would love to disappear and travel. But for that you require money which I don't have.

To be perfectly honest I would be happy providing I had the basics of life and could do what I wanted to do. But you can't do that. No person can. Everything is dictated so heavily by money and expectations etc.

That is my problem. Money. If i didn't have to worry about it then I would have no worries. Which is one reason why I call bullshit to the whole "Money doesn't buy happiness". If you didn't have to worry about money you wouldn't have anything to worry about. If you wanted friends you would have them easy. If you wanted "love" you would have that easy. Money = happiness and simplicity. Getting money = misery and difficulty for most.

Thats my current viewpoint at least.


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Re: General dislike of life. Input would be awesome [Re: TheEternalOpenEye]
    #19142502 - 11/15/13 08:05 PM (10 years, 2 months ago)

We live for those few seconds of Joy. Sometimes i won't see that joy for years . But when i do get that joy. It makes every miserable day worth it. I battled with severe depression for several years.  I have been diagnosed  with it twice. Since than i didn't seek professional help . Instead i put  common sense forward.  I stepped out of the box and  wrote down everything i did on a average month. Then i started crossing out things i can live without . Basically i figured out my diet was shitt. I didn't exercise. my friends were negative nacys. I dropped my bad habits and changed my life completely. Two years later. I got a $15 hr paying job. My new friends love me. I got my own place. A pretty sweet gold fish.  It took everything out of me to get this way  but now i can officially say im still bummed out. But here's the great part. Throughout most of the day I'm happy. Now i live my life day after thinking about the people that made me so sad. And smile to myself cause most of them still live with mommy... Take care of yourself. Work hard joy and excitement will come to you if you seek it. As far as getting that money. Find a job. Lol and not just one but two or 3. Its hard. But that's the only legal way


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Re: General dislike of life. Input would be awesome [Re: hypnofrog15]
    #19142573 - 11/15/13 08:18 PM (10 years, 2 months ago)

Dudee i took the pills too. I believed it helped but since than replaced those phuckers with blue berries and apples. To me those two fruits work wonders on my state of mind.


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Re: General dislike of life. Input would be awesome [Re: hypnofrog15]
    #19142778 - 11/15/13 08:55 PM (10 years, 2 months ago)

I've tried a few different pills and tried countless natural "remedies". I legitimately do not think there is anything that will solve the problem for me. I am the way I am and that is what makes me me. It just sucks that happiness is such a fleeting thing. And it sucks that no matter how much I try and help other people it still isn't enough to make their life happier or make me feel more fulfilled. I feel helpless, hopeless and alone.

Hope is what gets people through. Company is what makes each day worth it. And the feeling that you can achieve what you want to achieve is what gives people power. Im missing all of them.

Every time I get two and start on the path to the third everything else just falls down. Yet 2/3 is not enough. People always want it all and it leads to their own undoing.

Perhaps I should just give up and roll along the wave of life. See what happens if i simply do what needs to be done so I don't die.

No longer strive to live but most definitely continue to aim not to die.


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Re: General dislike of life. Input would be awesome [Re: Ace1928]
    #19142909 - 11/15/13 09:18 PM (10 years, 2 months ago)

Haha. I can't help but laugh because i believe your words helped me. More than mine helped you:stoned: its great to talk about these things to others. Great for the soul.
Oh and great news ... Sweet beautiful nugs came in town. . Your absolutely right with your last post.  The goal is to live and fight another day. Hope is
key. :
Ohh a little quote from jack Nicholson. “I don't want to be a product of my environment, I want my environment to be a product of me.” -Jack ...

Don't concern yourself with what your environment wants you to be. It will drive you insane. Lol
That's how i look at it.
Peace amigo.
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Re: General dislike of life. Input would be awesome [Re: hypnofrog15]
    #19143053 - 11/15/13 09:50 PM (10 years, 2 months ago)

Hahaha. Not the first time someone has said something along those lines. My dissatisfaction with life is not due to a lack of thought or prematurely throwing in the proverbial towel. No my dissatisfaction comes from overthought. I think about things far to much. And I am positive I am not alone. Alcohol and weed are 2 things that easily dull my thoughts and get me to the point of being incapable of excessively thinking about life. I use them to run. I know that now. And im not against that. If there was something that I could take that would zombie me up mentally I would be all for it.

I'm no longer just looking for happiness. I'm also looking for lack of unhappiness. If that makes sense. Im not looking for a high I'm just looking for a lack of lows. A baseline. I think that is what some of the antidepressents aim to do but they don't. Prozac will zombie you up for sure. But my mental awarness of my more zombified state is pretty acute. So externally I appear to be doing fine and I'm a nice compliant drone at work and home. But mentally I am thinking about how much of a drone I am. Almost from a third person perspective. And that is far more detrimental.

Im on Duloxetine atm. Cymbalta is one of the trade names for it. I feel it has some beneficial effects. It definitely helps in some areas. But at the same time the thoughts are still there just as strong as ever. It just seems to slow me down slightly.

Ritalin is the ADD/ADHD meds that I'm on also and they are wonderous for allowing me to do menial repetetive tasks with minimal worry. They are a god send. But still in the background are the thoughts.

The constant thinking has always been a cause of insomnia/irregular sleep patterns. And because of that I take half a tablet (7.5mg) of mirtazapine at night to help me sleep. It works brilliantly. Knocks me out cold within half hour if im in bed. I love it.

If any of you guys have experience with antidepressants or any other kind of drugs that might help me out please let me know. I just want to be capable of plodding along in life like everyone else does without the constant mental anguish.

I'm crying out and seeking help but it just isn't coming to me yet. ANd the things being tried just aren't working.

Thanks again to everyone so far who has contributed. Regardless how small the contribution, even a remark that would be regarded as flaming is helpful right now.


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Re: General dislike of life. Input would be awesome [Re: Ace1928]
    #19143139 - 11/15/13 10:14 PM (10 years, 2 months ago)

I might be wrong again but i believe pills are the wrong things to seek. Pick up a few hobbies possibly. Google search maybe. Build a robot maybe lol teach it how to grow mushies. :mushroom2: now that's a thought lol. Teach it to socialize and project  laser lights. Haha. Idk:rasta:

don't take this the wrong way. I believe these pills willonly increase the situation worse. In my personal experience and countless others. Unless a doctor tells you otherwise. I think if you follow what the open eye said. About diet and sleep. And hard work. You should get all that you need . 


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Re: General dislike of life. Input would be awesome [Re: hypnofrog15]
    #19143153 - 11/15/13 10:20 PM (10 years, 2 months ago)

It is possible for the cymbalta to make things dramatically worse if i do in fact have bipolar. Thats what the psych said to me. The ritalin is something I will continue to use. It is a good thing. And the sleeping one, the mirtazapine, is also good and has minimised some of the side effects from the cymbalta.

I do currently eat well. And I exercise reguarly. With the mirtazapine my sleep has even been very good. And I have another 2 days of landscaping work ahead of me before I will need to have found another hard working job. Even with all of these things sorted out I am still very far from content.

I don't know what I want.


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Re: General dislike of life. Input would be awesome [Re: Ace1928]
    #19143209 - 11/15/13 10:33 PM (10 years, 2 months ago)

Lol well sounds like i feel the same. I believe everyone does. To an extent. Like you said. People are only two thirds happy. A baby wants it bottle. It cries dramatically for it. A kid cries for toys. Teens cry for love. Then money than power. All to an extent. Or rather they long for something new.  But like you said again ride the waves . And take the punches life gives ya. No more pills. Get out of this limbo . Look in the mirror and slap your cheek. And say wake up. Lol just trying to make you laugh. . Don't do that.  No mas pills tho. Unless suggested by a trustworthy doc.


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Re: General dislike of life. Input would be awesome [Re: Ace1928]
    #19143227 - 11/15/13 10:37 PM (10 years, 2 months ago)

You need to stop thinking. That's the only way to fix the problems.

Then when you have regained the sanity of apprehending the present and you felt like you have 'got a grip', you need to look at the basic pillars that make up your understanding of life. Everyone has basic attitudes and assumptions they put in place. Look at yours, look at which thoughts repeat.

Right now, you're stuck. And you're stuck because you're thinking something repeatedly. It may be thoughts that have come from thoughts that have come from thoughts, long ago, you might have had some contact with reality which created the first thought.

But now it's just garbage probably. You need to apprehend life again, you need to be natural.

I don't know about this whole, you know, adopt a pet, go on an adventure, etc. thing, for one it seems like a lot of work and two I don't think life requires you do something in order to be happy.

Also, I disagree we make up meaning. There is a way to make up meaning, but if you return to your natural state, everything has a very beautiful meaning.

Remember childhood? Before all the problems hit... it was perfect, there was plenty of meaning to life. So it's still there, merely veiled under depressions, anxieties, etc.

Life has a meaning. It may not be perfect, but it has a meaning.

If you want my perspective on life, it is a cosmic joke. Perfection alone exists and everything else is a superimposition or illusion upon Perfection. This means you feel perfect, that there is no problem.

What stops this is not a failure to realise something, but merely all you have built on top of it.

Basically, we just don't "come off it" and see. We are constantly in the drama.

But if you want out, just come off it. Seems you want out...


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Re: General dislike of life. Input would be awesome [Re: circastes]
    #19143332 - 11/15/13 11:09 PM (10 years, 2 months ago)

CHeers hypnofrog. Did amuse me a bit :P haha

I do trust the doc that Im seeing atm. If the pills are the source of some of the issues then that will help the two of use find the root issue and sort it out. So i wont stop them yet but I will be talking to him about them honestly and straight forward. Only way to fix a problem is to be honest about what the problem is and your part in the problem.

circastes. I wish i could stop thinking. I have always wished that. I can remember being 5 years old and running into my parents room crying because I couldn't get the circling throughts out of my head and all I wanted was to sleep. I've always been thinking. Always been asking questions. So many people close to me look at it as a gift but i hate it. It is unharnessable and uncontrollable. It is not simply a gift I can use like a tool. It is more like a raging fire. Occasionally it is beneficial but more often than not I have to stand back and hope not to get burned. So far I havent been able to find an adequate control measure or extinguisher that doesn't have negative impacts on other aspects of my life.

And yes I know that I'm stuck. I have been stuck more than once. The previous times I have moved on it has felt as though I have made some good progress to get to wherever it is that I want to get to but those previous times have led to bad decisions that seemed like good decisions effectively leaving me in a slightly worse off situation and with me being older.

Childhood was perfect because of the fact that you did not HAVE to worry about anything. Because that was what your parents/caregivers did. If you had a bad childhood it is probably because your parents/caregivers did not provide what was needed to allow for a good childhood. My childhood was mostly good because my parents were good parents and did so much for myself and my other sibling. But once it came to my late teenage years I just seemed to keep making bad decisions despite the fact that I legitimately did all I could to ensure they were good decisions.

Things never go according to plan though do they... I'd be certain that most people reading through this posts can relate to most if not all things being thrown out here. It's not uncommon at all and I know i'm not alone.

I agree that life is a cosmic joke. I also agree that life is beautiful. I love life itself. And im most certainly not against living. The troubles I have are not with being alive etc. Its more so to do with the way that we live and the fact that there are not really any alternatives that are easily accessed.

I dont fully understand the whole "come off it" part either. Come off what?

And lastly yes I do want "out". I want to just quite simply feel comfortable with life. I want to look at the future without worries rather than look at the future and stress. I want to know that my state of existence isn't on a precipice capable of falling off the edge back into a state of constant malcontent. I don't think that I ask for much in life at all. And I am a very greatful person of even the most minute things. I am a giving person and selfless as much as I can be. I'm not just a lazy, selfish, self pitying, unambitious individual that simply doesnt "want" to be happy. People have looked at me that way before. But it is not the case.

I just want to be like any other living creature. Comfortably alive.


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Re: General dislike of life. Input would be awesome [Re: Ace1928]
    #19143402 - 11/15/13 11:28 PM (10 years, 2 months ago)

Don't strive for happiness..You'll never be able to maintain that state permanently.

I would say just try and be content in the present moment.  Accept things as they are.
When you're happy, be happy. 
When you're sad, be sad.

Also understand that life is change.  Nothing stays the same and any feeling you have will pass with time.

And meditation :thumbup:
Its cool the effect it has on the mind..Once a day to keep the bad thoughts away.


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Re: General dislike of life. Input would be awesome [Re: cez]
    #19143577 - 11/16/13 12:12 AM (10 years, 2 months ago)

Yeh striving for happiness is doomed for failure before it begins.
Aiming to be content is what I am trying to do atm.

I used to just roll along with the whole "when happy be happy. when sad be sad" thing but one day the sadness came and it essentially never left. Just brought associated feelings along with it and the negative repercussions got to the point not that long ago where I am now very very seriously seeking out help and trying to get my shit sorted.

Yeh I have always said that change is inevitable and a good thing even if it initially seems bad. Stagnation is bad.

I try to meditate before bed most nights. Although it is often a chore simply because of the fact that the "chatter" in my head gets so much louder when I try and meditate and it is a difficult task for me to try and get rid of or even dull it.

Thanks for the input though. Everyones thoughts are helpful :smile:


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Re: General dislike of life. Input would be awesome [Re: Ace1928]
    #19143755 - 11/16/13 01:06 AM (10 years, 2 months ago)

Try to not stop the chatter, just watch it.
Observe your thoughts, don't take your thoughts for you.

Good luck I hope you find your peace.


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Re: General dislike of life. Input would be awesome [Re: cez]
    #19143775 - 11/16/13 01:12 AM (10 years, 2 months ago)

Thanks for the advice. Ill try to just sit there and let the chatter do its thing. Maybe a pearl of wisdom will float through the chatter.


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Re: General dislike of life. Input would be awesome [Re: Ace1928]
    #19143787 - 11/16/13 01:15 AM (10 years, 2 months ago)

One cool way of realizing the disconnect between you and your thoughts is this..

Ask yourself "I wonder what my next thought will be."
Then sit and wait for your next thought.


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Re: General dislike of life. Input would be awesome [Re: cez]
    #19143801 - 11/16/13 01:18 AM (10 years, 2 months ago)

Ha cool. That is a really good tip.
It breaks the chatter with a thought you consciously provoke and then forces you to observe your thoughts at the same time. Could prove exceedingly useful.

Cheers :laugh:


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Re: General dislike of life. Input would be awesome [Re: Ace1928]
    #19143814 - 11/16/13 01:23 AM (10 years, 2 months ago)

:cheers:


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Re: General dislike of life. Input would be awesome [Re: cez]
    #19144041 - 11/16/13 02:58 AM (10 years, 2 months ago)

I suggest meditation. From my experience meditation has lead to happiness, pleasure, and calmness. Of course I am also quite Theravada Buddhist so it might have to do with those teachings as well.

A Buddhist would probably suggest not attaching to your happiness or unhappiness. Even though your unhappy, just remain calm, learn to be calm even though you're unhappy (or happy). It doesn't matter if you find meaning or not, you're still going to die. Might as well live peaceably.

It's up to you.


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Re: General dislike of life. Input would be awesome [Re: Confused2289]
    #19144055 - 11/16/13 03:07 AM (10 years, 2 months ago)

I should also say that I've never been diagnosed with anything because I've never seen a psychiatrist.

But I have rarely been happy in this life. I'm a very isolated person. I've gradually learned to embrace my aloneness. It goes well with my practice of Buddhism.

Also lately I've realized that much of my unhappiness was actually caused by wanting something from people. I cut myself off from a lot of people and just focus on living skillfully day by day, meditating, etc. I get by, not completely happy, but much more happy than I was before.


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Re: General dislike of life. Input would be awesome [Re: Confused2289]
    #19144076 - 11/16/13 03:17 AM (10 years, 2 months ago)

sounds like its time to eat a lot of psychedelic mushrooms at once

if you need a great way to force yourself to see the things you take for granted every day, this would be it.


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Re: General dislike of life. Input would be awesome [Re: Ace1928]
    #19144090 - 11/16/13 03:27 AM (10 years, 2 months ago)

Are you getting laid?


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You constantly make posts thatr fling middle school insults at people you don't like mixed in with maladjusted psychopathic comments about wanting to beat up the other poster with a crowbar.

You know how shit you are, you just don't give a fuck for precisely that reason.

I disendorse you.[/quote]


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Re: General dislike of life. Input would be awesome [Re: kneesocks]
    #19144133 - 11/16/13 04:00 AM (10 years, 2 months ago)

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Ace1928 said:
I possibly suffer from depression (surprise surprise) or perhaps bipolar. And have recently been diagnosed with ADD (might i say that the drugs for add are wonderful and do help). I have a good diet. I exercise quite regularly and have a decently active social life as well. I'm intelligent and can do almost anything i set myself to do also.

I have everything that most people desire but none of it is particularly what I want.

I would love to disappear and travel. But for that you require money which I don't have.

To be perfectly honest I would be happy providing I had the basics of life and could do what I wanted to do. But you can't do that. No person can. Everything is dictated so heavily by money and expectations etc.

That is my problem. Money. If i didn't have to worry about it then I would have no worries. Which is one reason why I call bullshit to the whole "Money doesn't buy happiness". If you didn't have to worry about money you wouldn't have anything to worry about. If you wanted friends you would have them easy. If you wanted "love" you would have that easy. Money = happiness and simplicity. Getting money = misery and difficulty for most.

Thats my current viewpoint at least.


Your past sounds similar to mine in a few ways, maybe six years ago. And what you described about money kind of sounds like you aren't setting realistic short-term and long-term goals for yourself. Even people with money have lots of worries, and money is easy to make but for most people, it is also very easy to spend / difficult to save. As for sleep, sometimes I'd sleep less than 4 hours a night, for months at a time. Want to know my #1 motivator, the one that gets me going every day? The fact that I'm not fully where I want to be in life yet, despite everything that I've achieved. Over the past decade I've been through dozens of prescription antidepressants and sleep aids, but as of today I'm not taking them. Sometimes I'm so tired after work that, even though I'd normally think about things while laying in bed waiting for sleep, I'd be out before I knew it.

Years ago I ditched alcohol, weed, dating, and unnecessary chemicals to the curb because they're things that slow me from achieving the various goals I set for myself in life. But even if I'm not sure I'll ever reach them, slowly making progress towards them every day is very fulfilling.

So don't worry about the future; control the part of life that you can control. Sometimes it may feel stagnant, or like its not going anywhere, and it's okay as long as you don't give up. May sound generic, but it's the truth to me.

Every mood and reason has its purpose. Every yin has its yang, and ups have their downs. You can't know unhappiness without happiness, and the sum of these feelings makes them all the more meaningful.


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"An ignorant man is lost, faithless, and filled with self-doubt;
A soul that harbors doubt has no joy, not in this world or the next."
-Bhagavad-gita 4:40


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Re: General dislike of life. Input would be awesome [Re: Ace1928]
    #19144466 - 11/16/13 07:52 AM (10 years, 2 months ago)

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Ace1928 said:
Hey guys.

Just wanting to get other peoples perspectives on life really. Basically i love all the wonder and excitement that the world holds but i greatly dislike the way that life is. Im generally unmotivated and unenthusiastic about almost anything. I feel as though everything in life is dictated by someone or something else, like everything i do is simply the best i can try and do in the situation to get to my own goals in life but that is different to what society itself wants from me.
I am seeing professional help. I am trying to change it. Nothing is working. Nothing ever has.

What are your views on life? Are there people who think like me on here?

Cheers guys :smile:




As you age you get to refine your lifestyle to resemble your preferences.  When you're young you have to go through much - good and bad to determine your goals for the future.  Later in life you put it into practice.


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Re: General dislike of life. Input would be awesome [Re: Anonymous #1]
    #19144489 - 11/16/13 08:05 AM (10 years, 2 months ago)

I think society today is controlled by evil people and/or alien lizardpeople... I do not believe it is possible to live a happy life inside this.


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Re: General dislike of life. Input would be awesome [Re: Icyus]
    #19144746 - 11/16/13 10:23 AM (10 years, 2 months ago)

Hey bud,

one of the reasons I say you should volunteer, adopt, leave the country, etc. is that there are people all over the world in less fortunate conditions than many of us find ourselves in from day to day. Find a homeless person, a parent, a teacher, anyone anywhere that you think looks miserable. Ask them why they do it, why they live, what keeps them going. You may find the most profound answers in places you'd never expect, and you may even help them ask the question themselves. Perhaps they never knew, never thought about it, yet will gain some knew understanding because some stranger had the balls to ask them the question. Maybe it sounds weird, maybe it is weird. So what?Just do it. Do not be afraid to seek understanding of this life from other people, and do not underestimate their ability to help you. Most of all, do not underestimate yourself.

You must realize that what you're doing on this forum is a very important opportunity for yourself. You are asking the question that we humans have been asking since the beginning of time, how can we be happy in this life? We live in a time like never before, and you may not believe me, but you are lucky to be alive to see it, and to be able to change it. You are changing right now by posting here, now. If you ask me, that's something worth living for.


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"Why don't you reactivate her?"

"Because whenever I do that, I suddenly feel... unsettled, unsure of myself, and I have no idea what to say. Why would people seek out situations which induce such unpleasant symptoms?"

"Because when the other person feels the same way you do, it's the most wonderful thing in life."


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