What drives you to go on?

Missy2 wrote something in one of my threads that was thought provoking. She said "If you don't have something to drive you on...you won't be able to go on..."
So with this in mind, what drives you to go on?

My faith

Wanting to see the other side of the mountain no matter what either might or might not actually be there.

Your religious faith, right? Or is there another faith you are talking about?

Sounds like a will to not give up. To keep fighting till the end, good job!

For me, what drives me to go is be here for my mom, also to find happiness again. I never thought it would take this long, that I would have found something that helps but not yet. Just need to find a way to get these memories dormant again.

My fiance, my family (to a degree) and my inability to realize when I can't handle anymore of life's punches. I can't stay down for a full ten, it's just not in me. I can't prove my dad right, no matter how painful it is. I'm not giving up, not when I have people who look up to me and need me to always be there.

Because IF I don't go on they win. I refuse to let that happen so I will trudge on no matter what or how I feel. Also no one can prove to me what comes after is in anyway better than this. The after could be even worse than this life. Why trade one craptastic life for something that could be worse?

I think those are good reasons keep going on. Those that look up to you do need to see that positive, strong person.

Good points. I agree that not knowing what comes after makes that scary. At least we know what we are dealing with in the here and now. Keep winning

...
He knew somehow, in parts but whole, in silence
That no time comes through the castle’s stone.
Frozen in that room, locked in ice.
A prison. A prison. Memories, flesh and bone.

She knew it, too, the broken dog, the part of him,
That life was outside, a garden of joy.
Eden, a place for others, a myth for them.
Paradise not lost, but never found.

Oh Tantalus! You don’t belong in Paradise.

They lay entwined, then and now,
Without hope, there pinned by time.
Leaves falling from the paw of life,
Their lives forfeit for another’s crime.

I go on bc for now, my husband couldn't go on without me, and now my oldest brother is living with us, and has medical issues, and doesn't have any where else he could be. My T is trying to help me to not be such a door mat with them, and i am trying. I am a type person that does distructive things to myself without thinking it through. This is one of the major things i am trying to work on.I don't have home support, but my T has helped, and i will continue to try to do what she thinks will help me. My psy Dr is still trying to find the right combination of meds to also help.

My family is what keeps me going. My daughter and husband would be devastated. Other than that there really isn't anything.

Yes, keep working on it, for you, and your family. Take care of you.

Family is a strong responsibility that is keeping a lot of people a float. Don't forget to take care of you.

Yes my faith in God.

Thank you for clearing that up Keep the faith!

My Fear Of Becoming Homeless!

How Sad For That To Be The Only Thing That Keeps Someone Hanging On!

that's not sad at all

my only reason is because I love music, and can't imagine a day without it

now that's sad

Not sad at all, what would be sad is if you had nothing that keeps you hanging on. But I think you have something else, the will to get better, that's a very powerful motivator. Hard to maintain that focus sometimes because this journey is so frustrating, but it's still something we want

Music is a great motivator. Do you play an instrument? Sing? Thanks for reminding me of this.

Music, I play the piano..
Papa Bear
The will to get "better" ...
Some other survivors

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Awesome. Very good ones indeed.

My children and part of me that feels I deserve to work through things. Also faith, not in a totally religious sense, but a faith / belief, that good times await me.

Great responses. Better times are out there if we can just grasp them. Best wishes.