Quote:
Originally Posted by ScarletPimpernel
I don't know where to post this because it doesn't specifically have to do with therapy... So I'm hoping this couch might help.
Why is it worth living? What if you don't have many/any people in your life? What if you have no life (i.e. career, parenting, friends, etc.). I know technically I can only answer this for myself, but I'm curious to know what keeps other people going?
|
I'm not sure what keeps me going, beyond my partner, my T and others who'd grieve. Sometime back, I asked her what's the point, because I couldn't imagine an okay future. I could only imagine a really really bleak future.
My T once said to imagine myself at 80 and reflecting on my life. She thinks such questions can be discussed in therapy, and sometimes we do do. Very Acceptance and Commitment Therapy.
I've always answered with "I want to have a sense of purpose to my life, to make a positive difference in my small corner of the world"... but I can quickly spiral into existential dread and end up shaking with terror in my bed. Plus be unsure how to achieve that because it feels so vague?